ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,619, issued on Nov. 3, 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.), Amr Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.), Paul Gunning (Montara, Calif.), Claudio Argento (Felton, Calif.) and Nicholas Lyford (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 po...