ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,174, issued on April 21, was assigned to Suzhou Zenith Vascular Scitech Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).
"Distal thrombectomy device" was invented by Junchun Huang (Jiangsu, China), Shuang Li (Jiangsu, China), Liyou Guo (Jiangsu, China) and Jie Xia (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distal thrombectomy device includes a wall-contact protective umbrella and a built-in removal device. The wall-contact protective umbrella includes a pushing unit and a basket. A first end of the basket is connected to the pushing unit, and a second end of the basket is provided with an opening. The pushing unit is tubular. The wall-contact protectiv...