US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on April 14 for "Thrombus removal systems and associated methods" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,397, issued on April 14, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Thrombus removal systems and associated methods" was invented by Aadel Al-Jadda (San Carlos, Calif.), Tom Saul (Portland, Ore.), Kevin Muller (San Carlos, Calif.) and Amr Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to systems and methods for removing a thrombus from a blood vessel of a patient. In some embodiments, the present technology is directed to systems including an elongated catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned within the blood vessel of the patient, a proximal portion confi...