ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,946, issued on June 2, was assigned to Cagent Vascular Inc. (Wayne, Pa.).
"Balloon catheter and methods of use" was invented by Robert M. Giasolli (Orange, Calif.) and Peter Johansson (Wayne, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods can involve wedge dissectors attached to strips in turn attached to medical balloons, for forming serrations within vascular wall tissue for angioplasty as well as drug delivery. Such balloon blowing techniques can reduce the balloon profile, the material costs, and the manufacturing time to build a serrated balloon catheter device. The design and process to build this type of balloon is desc...