US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 9 for "Catheter with radiofrequency cutting tip and heated balloon" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,919, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Catheter with radiofrequency cutting tip and heated balloon" was invented by John F. Howard (Salem, Mass.), Gerald Fredrickson (Westford, Mass.), Kristin Regan (Winchester, Mass.) and Gary A. Jordan (Litchfield, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for draining pseudocysts and stent delivery systems for use therein are disclosed. An illustrative system may include a catheter shaft having an inflatable balloon affixed to a distal end region thereof. A cutting electrode may be disposed at the distal end of the system and at least one he...