US Patent Issued to Von Vascular on June 2 for "Sterile field clot catcher device, module and methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,543, issued on June 2, was assigned to Von Vascular Inc. (Weston, Fla.).

"Sterile field clot catcher device, module and methods" was invented by Victor Gamez (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Manning J. Hanser (Weston, Fla.) and Alfonso Hermida (Miramar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clot capture device assists a surgeon or medical technician to directly see a degree of blood displacement and what type of clot is being or has been extracted, and preferably, all on the sterile field at convenient reach and visual observation by the user (physician or technician), and without cessation of a clot removal procedure. Aspirated blood and a r...