ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,098, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical device with blade assembly" was invented by Olena Pernatiy (Galway, Ireland), Anthony Malone (Galway, Ireland) and Javier Palomar-Moreno (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may include an inflatable balloon secured to a distal region of a catheter shaft. A blade assembly may extend over and be secured to the inflatable balloon. The blade assembly may include a plurality of blades and at least two rings that are adapted to secure each of the plurality of blades. Each of the rings include an inner surface ad...