US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on July 28 for "Medical balloon catheter and manufacturing method of medical balloon catheter" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,263, issued on July 28, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical balloon catheter and manufacturing method of medical balloon catheter" was invented by Takahito Nakajima (Hachioji, Japan), Junichi Sato (Tokyo) and Yasunori Oki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical catheter includes a multi-lumen tube including a first lumen and a second lumen; an extension tube fixed to an end surface in a longitudinal direction of the multi-lumen tube, extending from the end surface along the longitudinal direction, and including a third lumen communicating with the first lumen; and an outer wall portion extending from the...