US Patent Issued to STRYKER on July 14 for "Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,183, issued on July 14, was assigned to STRYKER Corp. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses and methods" was invented by Michael P. Wallace (Pleasanton, Calif.), Robert J. Garabedian (Mountain View, Calif.) and Gavin P. Wallace (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical thrombectomy apparatus for removing a clot from a vessel includes an elongate inversion support catheter having a distal end opening, an elongate puller extending within the support catheter, and a knitted tractor tube extending over an outer surface of the support catheter, inverting into the distal end opening of the support cat...