ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,884, issued on June 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc..
"Balloon catheter" was invented by Katherine M. Prindle (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Daniel James Horn (Shoreview, Minn.) and Joel Munsinger (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods including balloon catheters are described. In one embodiments, a balloon catheter assembly may comprise a tubular member having a proximal portion and a distal portion with a lumen extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion and a balloon member having a proximal waist portion, a distal waist portion, and an expandable region therebetween, ...