US Patent Issued to Seigla Holdings on May 12 for "Devices, systems and methods for improving suction in medical procedures" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,712, issued on May 12, was assigned to Seigla Holdings Ltd. (Dublin).

"Devices, systems and methods for improving suction in medical procedures" was invented by Chad J. Kugler (Buffalo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for removing material from a blood vessel or cavity inside a body by suction, wherein the magnitude of suction is increased by applying extracorporeal positive pressure. Positive pressure outside the body is increased such that the potential negative pressure inside the body may be increased. Methods include inserting a catheter into a blood vessel or cavity and positioning a distal opening of th...