MUMBAI, India, Feb. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517007371 A) filed by Goodman Co. Ltd., Aichi, Japan, on Jan. 29, for 'balloon catheter.'
Inventor(s) include Okamoto, Mitsumasa; Kondo, Shoma; Yamamoto, Shuhei; and Nakamura, Yuta.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 21, under issue no. 08/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A shaft body (20) of this balloon catheter (1A) has a bending region (2R) including at least one bending section (26) in a portion between a first tip section (23D) and a first connection section (226). In the stretching direction of the balloon catheter (1A), the stiffness of a first portion (Q1) that is closer to t...