US Patent Issued to Route 92 Medical on July 14 for "Aspiration catheter systems and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,590, issued on July 14, was assigned to Route 92 Medical Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Aspiration catheter systems and methods of use" was invented by Tony M. Chou (San Mateo, Calif.), Scott D. Wilson (San Mateo, Calif.) and Vera Shinsky (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system having a catheter and a catheter advancement element. The catheter includes a lumen and a distal end having an opening from the lumen. The catheter advancement element includes a tubular portion with an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the outer diameter having at least one snug point. The catheter advancement element includes a tu...