ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,062, issued on May 12, was assigned to Surmodics MD LLC (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Radial access balloon catheter" was invented by Michael Reynolds (Galway, Ireland) and Simon Davis (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed herein are various embodiments related to a catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can include a catheter body extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion. The catheter body can include a sleeve and a hypotube, connected by at least one bond site, and separated by a floating gap. The hypotube can include at least one flow opening extending from the hypotube lumen to a stagnation zone, c...