US Patent Issued to Perfuze on July 7 for "High flexibility, kink resistant catheter shaft" (Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,183, issued on July 7, was assigned to Perfuze Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"High flexibility, kink resistant catheter shaft" was invented by John Logan (Plymouth, Minn.), Scott Arp (Miami) and Andrew H. Cragg (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enhanced flexibility catheter shaft having an elongate flexible body with a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. A distal, flexible section on the body has a ribbed or corrugated tubular membrane having at least a first reinforcement structure, such as a first helical support, on a radially exterior or interior surface of the membrane and optionally...