ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,923, issued on July 8, was assigned to Accumed Radial Systems LLC (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
"Balloon assembly for use in a hemostasis band" was invented by Mauricio Gabriel Cohen (Miami) and Joseph R. Korotko (Livonia, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon assembly (200) that can be attached to a band assembly (300) to form a hemostasis band (100) used to perform hemostasis on a puncture site (89) of a human being (90). The balloon assembly (200) can include a balloon (210) that provides for being inflated to apply pressure to the puncture site (89), one or more openings (220) that provides for the insertion of the band asse...