US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Oct. 6 for "Composite medical balloon with hybrid outer layer and related production method" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,089, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Composite medical balloon with hybrid outer layer and related production method" was invented by Kyle Andrew Thomas (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite medical balloon includes a base balloon with first and second tapered portions (108) and a barrel portion (106) therebetween. The base balloon includes one or more fiber layers. A hybrid layer is applied over the base balloon, such as over the fiber layer. The hybrid layer includes a tube (70) for covering the barrel portion (106) and a spiral wrapping (80) for covering one or both of the fi...