US Patent Issued to Elemental Portfolio on Oct. 27 for "Radial expansion and contraction features of medical devices" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,330, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Elemental Portfolio LLC (Saratoga, Calif.).

"Radial expansion and contraction features of medical devices" was invented by Paul Sherburne (St. Louis Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure concerns medical devices, such as catheters and implantable devices, having radially adjustable features. More particularly, the catheters and implantable devices can radially expand contract to perform various functions within the body. Expansion and contraction can be performed by a radially adjustable structure mounted on the medical device. For example, a medical device can include a bo...