US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 17 for "Balloon catheter for transcarotid procedures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,833, issued on March 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Balloon catheter for transcarotid procedures" was invented by Natasha Johnston (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Stewart M. Kume (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Erica J. Rogers (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods establish and facilitate retrograde or reverse flow blood circulation in the region of the carotid artery bifurcation in order to limit or prevent the release of emboli into the cerebral vasculature. Devices and methods are configured for procedures performed through a transcarotid approach for performing transcarotid ...