ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,320, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Advanced Medical Balloons GmbH (Waghausel, Germany).
"Device and method for the dynamically sealing occlusion or space-filling tamponade of a hollow organ" was invented by Fred Gobel (Lutzelbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for dynamically sealing intubation of a hollow organ is disclosed. The device includes a shaft-shaped tube configured to be inserted into the hollow organ. The shaft-shaped tube has a primary lumen that provides access through the hollow organ or to the hollow organ. The device includes an intracorporeal sealing balloon that surrounds a distal region of...