ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,116, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VentureMed Group Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).
"Intravascular device for treating fistulas" was invented by John P. Pigott (Sylvania, Ohio), Jenny Zeroni (Plymouth, Minn.) and Adam Tschida (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular device for treating a fistula and methods of using the same are provided. A catheter tube extends from a handle assembly and is attached to an expandable portion which is selectively movable between a first position and an expanded position. Incising elements located at the expandable portion have tapered profiles for creating incisions in tissue...