ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,374, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Perfusion catheters and related methods" was invented by Howard C. Root (Excelsior, Minn.), Chad Kugler (Buffalo, Minn.), Dean Peterson (Minneapolis) and Joshua Brenizer (Oak Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Perfusion catheters and related methods for treating complications related to CTO interventions or dilating a vessel occlusion while maintaining a passage through the treated vessel segment are disclosed. A perfusion catheter can include a balloon formed of an inflatable tube and an elongate shaft having a lumen for providing infl...