US Patent Issued to Advanced Bifurcation Systems on June 10 for "Multi-stent and multi-balloon apparatus for treating bifurcations and methods of use" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,757, issued on June 10, was assigned to Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Multi-stent and multi-balloon apparatus for treating bifurcations and methods of use" was invented by Henry Bourang (Turlock, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating a bifurcated vessel that includes a first delivery catheter and a second delivery catheter. The first delivery catheter carries a proximal first stent and a distal second stent. The first delivery catheter also has a first elongate shaft, a proximal first expandable member with the proximal first stent disposed thereover, and a distal second expandable memb...