US Patent Issued to Medtronic Vascular on Sept. 1 for "Drug coated balloon" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,977, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Drug coated balloon" was invented by Robert Melder (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and John Kantor (Healdsburg, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon catheter includes an inflatable balloon defining an inner and an outer surface. A first biocompatible layer that includes hyaluronic acid is releasably disposed on the outer surface of the balloon. A second drug containing layer is disposed on the first biocompatible layer. The second drug containing layer includes paclitaxel and urea."

The patent was filed on June 26, 2020, under Application No. 16/9...