US Patent Issued to BVS-BEST VASCULAR SOLUTIONS on Oct. 6 for "Balloon catheter device for atraumatic expansion of hollow organs, and a method for producing such a balloon catheter device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,088, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BVS-BEST VASCULAR SOLUTIONS GMBH (Bonn, Germany).

"Balloon catheter device for atraumatic expansion of hollow organs, and a method for producing such a balloon catheter device" was invented by Andrea Brohm-Schmitz-Rode (Aachen, Germany) and Thomas Schmitz-Rode (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, a balloon catheter device for the atraumatic treatment of hollow organs is provided. It comprises a balloon catheter with a balloon, a tubular functional sleeve applied to the balloon for the directed segmented cushion-like unfolding of the balloon for the dilation ...