ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,846, issued on April 15, was assigned to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INC. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Medical balloon" was invented by William F. Davies Jr. (Athens, Texas), Lanny R. Pepper (Larue, Texas) and Kelli Hayes (Athens, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-compliant medical balloon comprises a base balloon including a pair of spaced-apart, generally conical end sections and a generally cylindrical center section connected therebetween. A braided fabric sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the base balloon, wherein the sleeve is formed of at least three substantially inelastic fibers intertwined in such a way that no two of...