US Patent Issued to C.R. Bard on Nov. 4 for "Scoring balloon with translating scoring wires" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,392, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to C.R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Scoring balloon with translating scoring wires" was invented by Melissa Boyle (Phoenix), Corey Rousu (Glendale, Calif.) and Mark Nicholas Wright (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for introduction into a body vessel includes a shaft, a balloon positioned at the distal end of the shaft, a guidewire disposed longitudinally within the shaft to receive a guidewire during use, a balloon disposed at the distal end of the shaft, and longitudinal scoring wires to score a vascular lesion attached to the distal end of the shaft, disposed over the...