US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 27 for "Fortified balloon inflation fluid for plasma system to disrupt vascular lesions" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,124, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Fortified balloon inflation fluid for plasma system to disrupt vascular lesions" was invented by Daniel Frank Massimini (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Daniel Lee Krautkremer (Plymouth, Minn.), Haiping Shao (Plymouth, Minn.) and Roger W. McGowan (Otsego, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system for imparting pressure to induce fractures at a treatment site within or adjacent a blood vessel wall includes a catheter, a fortified balloon inflation fluid and a first light guide. The catheter includes an elongate shaft and a balloon that is c...