ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,668, issued on Feb. 17.
"Angioplasty balloon catheter comprising a biaxial-coaxial transition" was invented by Timothy Patrick Murphy (Providence, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed invention is in the field of medical devices, namely angioplasty balloon catheters. The embodiments provide an angioplasty balloon catheter that has favorable features of both biaxial and coaxial lumen configurations, such as pushability, torque, and trackability, enabled by a transition between a biaxial catheter segment and a coaxial catheter segment. In an exemplary embodiment a biaxial-coaxial lumen configuration facilitates injection o...