ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,711, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to C.R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Inflatable medical balloon with s-shaped fiber" was invented by Meir Moffarah (Sacramento, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-reinforced device (100), such as an inflatable medical balloon, includes a cylindrical central portion. The balloon includes (100) first and second tapered portions connected to the cylindrical central portion along a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the balloon to a second end of the balloon. The balloon includes at least one fiber (134, 142) having a fixed, S-shaped portion in a plan view, the fixed S-sh...