US Patent Issued to Vesalio on Sept. 29 for "Clot retrieval system" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,022, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Vesalio Inc. (Dallas).

"Clot retrieval system" was invented by Arthur John Ulm III (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform of devices for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal is provided. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter(s) and the system includes a proximal hub, and a distal basket comprised of a plurality of cells. A number of different baskets designs are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such baskets out of a single tube of a memory metal without the need for any welding, and methods...