US Patent Issued to B2M Medical on Oct. 7 for "Planar-shaped thermal balloon for mesenteric fat reduction" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,657, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to B2M Medical Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Planar-shaped thermal balloon for mesenteric fat reduction" was invented by Alexei V. Babkin (Dana Point, Calif.), Rafi Mazor (San Diego), Edmund J. Roschak (Irvine, Calif.), William Vincent (Irvine, Calif.), Pedram Nourian (Tustin, Calif.), Pedram Pourfard (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Nicolei King (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Shirzad Shahriari (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device for reducing visceral fat in the abdominal cavity comprises an elongate shaft and an inflatable member. The inflatable member comprises a small-pr...