ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,473, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).
"Systems, devices, and methods for aspirating biological material from a body lumen" was invented by Princeton Saroha (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Jeremy Stigall (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraluminal system for aspirating biological material from a lumen of a patient includes a disposable intraluminal device having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The system includes a disposable pump configured to aspirate the biological material from the lumen of the patient. The disposable pump is coupled to the proximal portion...