US Patent Issued to UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP on March 3 for "Devices and methods for fluid distribution from a catheter" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,434, issued on March 3, was assigned to UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP INC. (Mentor, Ohio).

"Devices and methods for fluid distribution from a catheter" was invented by Thomas I. Mulcahey (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods to convey fluid delivered from a delivery catheter. Exemplary catheters are disclosed which include fluid distribution devices for delivery of fluid and delivery of pass-through medical instruments, such as cryodecompression tubes, within body lumens."

The patent...