ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,241, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Apparatus for forming balloon layer and related methods" was invented by Clint Solomon (Gilbert, Ariz.), Adriana Alvarado-Salazar (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Melissa Boyle (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is for forming a balloon layer, such as on an expanded base balloon. The apparatus includes a mandrel supporting the expanded base balloon. At least one gripper is provided for gripping the balloon layer, and an actuator is for stretching the balloon layer over the expanded base balloon, such as by moving the at least one grip...