US Patent Issued to Teleflex Life Sciences on Oct. 6 for "Eluting perfusion catheters and related methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,087, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Eluting perfusion catheters and related methods" was invented by John Bridgeman (Minneapolis), Peter Jacobs (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Dean Peterson (Minneapolis), Joshua Brenizer (Oak Grove, Minn.) and Loic Van Horne (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This patent document discloses perfusion catheters and related methods for treating blood vessel lesions and abnormalities. A perfusion catheter can include an inflatable balloon, an elongate shaft operably attached to the balloon, and an optional containment structure surrounding at least a po...