US Patent Issued to BRATTEA MEDTECH on Oct. 20 for "Medical device comprising a balloon-stent assembly and methods of using the same" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,017, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BRATTEA MEDTECH Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Medical device comprising a balloon-stent assembly and methods of using the same" was invented by Hongguang Cao (Shanghai), Haidong Chen (Shanghai) and Meijun Shen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a medical device with a balloon-stent assembly comprising a stent, a balloon within the stent, and an ablation member. The medical device can be useful for a combined procedure of balloon angioplasty, radiofrequency ablation, and stent placement. The invention exhibits numerous merits such as simpler and precise operation, an...