US Patent Issued to Route 92 Medical on March 24 for "Aspiration catheter systems and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,802, issued on March 24, 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.), Joey English (San Mateo, Calif.), Warren T. Kim (San Mateo, Calif.) and Ian J. Clark (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for removing an embolus in a cerebral vessel of a patient. The assembled system of devices includes a catheter having a catheter lumen and a distal end and a catheter advancement element extending through the catheter lumen. A tapered distal end region of the catheter advancement elemen...