ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,381, issued on Nov. 11.
"Fenestrated balloon catheter system" was invented by A-Hamid Hakki (Dunedin, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fenestrated balloon catheter includes a body having a proximal segment, a central segment, and a distal segment. The proximal segment has a first set of fenestrations, and the distal segment has a second set of fenestrations. An elongated tubular structure wraps around the proximal segment, the central segment, and the distal segment. After the fenestrated balloon catheter is inserted into a tube (e.g., a blood vessel), fluid pressure is inserted into the elongated tubular structure to expand the...