US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Sept. 29 for "Guide catheter and methods of using the same" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,373, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Guide catheter and methods of using the same" was invented by Amit Singla (New Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a guide catheter, including: a catheter tube having a catheter lumen, a first opening, and a second opening; and a balloon surrounding the catheter tube. In the guide catheter, the length of the section of the catheter tube between the balloon and the second opening ranges from about 8 cm to about 25 cm. Also described herein are methods of using the guide catheter."

The patent was...