US Patent Issued to Amplitude Vascular Systems on April 22 for "Pulsatile balloon catheter systems and methods of using the same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,782, issued on April 22, was assigned to Amplitude Vascular Systems Inc. (Boston).

"Pulsatile balloon catheter systems and methods of using the same" was invented by Robert Chisena (Boston) and Hitinder Gurm (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pulsatile balloon catheter systems are provided. Aspects of the systems include: a pulse generator; and a balloon catheter assembly operably connected to the pulse generator. In embodiments, the balloon catheter assembly includes: a proximal connector operably connecting the balloon catheter assembly to the pulse generator and configured to transduce a first pulse energy generated by the puls...