US Patent Issued to PIEDMONT MEDSYSTEMS (ZHUHAI) on Feb. 24 for "Cryogenic balloon catheter having heating function" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,140, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PIEDMONT MEDSYSTEMS (ZHUHAI) Co. LTD. (Hengqin New Area, China).

"Cryogenic balloon catheter having heating function" was invented by Jiahua Xiao (Hengqin New Area, China) and Enguang Li (Hengqin New Area, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic balloon catheter having a heating function, the cryogenic balloon catheter comprising a catheter, an external power source, wherein an outer wall of the catheter comprises an inner layer, a middle layer and an outer layer, which are sequentially arranged from inside to outside, the middle layer comprising a metal woven mesh, and the metal woven...