US Patent Issued to Bard Peripheral Vascular on Sept. 29 for "Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,019, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Ultrasonic hypotube devices for treatment of CTOs and stenotic lesions" was invented by Jessica Hoye (Phoenix), Nir Herlinger (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Peng Zheng (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly includes an outer sheath and a hypotube ultrasonic transmission member. The outer sheath has a first end, a second end, a frustoconical side wall portion located proximal to the second end, and a sheath lumen extending from the first end to the second end. The hypotube ultrasonic transmission member is disposed in...