ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,246, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to C.R. Bard Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Dual access incising catheter" was invented by Michael Randall (Gilbert, Ariz.), Chad Van Liere (Phoenix) and Andrzej J. Chanduszko (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dual-access site catheter systems with a blade or scoring functionality entering through a first access site and a balloon functionality for manipulating or driving the blade or scoring functionality through a different site. The blade or scoring functionality also sometimes provides needle or fluid delivery functionality to an atherosclerotic lesion."
The patent was filed on Nov. 2, 2...