ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,928, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Medtronic CryoCath LP (Toronto).
"Multi-lobe balloon for cryoablation" was invented by Rahmani Sara (Montreal) and Lies Safar Remali (Pointe-Claire, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryotreatment catheter for treating tissue. The catheter may include an outer elongate body, a balloon treatment element coupled to the distal portion of the elongate body with a plurality of balloon lobes radially arranged around the outer elongate body, an inner elongate body rotatably movable within the lumen of the outer elongate body, and a fluid delivery lumen located within the lumen of the outer elong...