ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,216, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Double-balloon catheter" was invented by Yen-i Chen (Montreal), Ali Bessissow (Montreal), Cina Mehrvar (Montreal), Teresa Mihalik (Montreal), Calvin Turland (Verdun, Canada), Benoit Thibault (Coteau-du-Lac, Canada) and Andre Tremblay (Oka, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-balloon multi-lumen catheter is disclosed. The catheter comprises an elongate catheter body including a plurality of lumens. The catheter also includes a plurality of occlusion balloons connected to one or more lumens, and one or more entry ports associated wit...