ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,949, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Reinforced medical balloon" was invented by James M. Anderson (Corcoran, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes an elongate shaft having a distal end region and a balloon coupled to the distal end region, the balloon including a wall, a distal waist, a proximal waist and body portion positioned between the distal waist and the proximal waist. The medical device also includes a first reinforced region positioned along the body portion, the first reinforced region including...