US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BORDEAUX, FONDATION BORDEAUX UNIVERSITE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE-INSERM on Feb. 17 for "Catheter, inflatable balloon for a catheter" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,667, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX (Bordeaux, France), CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BORDEAUX (Talence, France), FONDATION BORDEAUX UNIVERSITE (Bordeaux, France) and INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE-INSERM (Paris).

"Catheter, inflatable balloon for a catheter" was invented by Nicolas Derval (Bordeaux, France), Pierre Jais (Saint Medard en Jalles, France), Arnaud Denis (Bordeaux, France), Thomas Pambrun (Talence, France) and Josselin Duchateau (Talence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a catheter and a balloon, the device including a first lumen ...