ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,111, issued on June 3, was assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Infusion lubricated atherectomy catheter" was invented by Michael J. Bonnette (Minneapolis), Richard R. Prather (St. Michael, Minn.), Debra M. Kozak (Forest Lake, Minn.) and David B. Morris (Anoka, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A matter elimination catheter includes a catheter body extending from a catheter proximal portion to a catheter distal portion. The catheter body includes an infusion lumen, an aspiration lumen fluidly isolated from the infusion lumen, and a septum interposed between the infusion and aspiration lumens. A driv...