US Patent Issued to CELLAPAX on Feb. 17 for "Catheter with vessel lining for cell collection and methods for using same" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,203, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CELLAPAX Corp. (Barnstable, Mass.).

"Catheter with vessel lining for cell collection and methods for using same" was invented by Albert K. Chin (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Michael Glennon (Norwell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for cell collection within a vessel. The system including a cannula having a pathway extending from a first end to a second end, a elongated member situated longitudinally within the pathway of the cannula, a sleeve coupled to the second end of the cannula and a balloon situated within the sleeve."

The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2018, under Appl...