ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,433, issued on March 24, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

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