ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,760, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to CAGENT VASCULAR INC. (Wayne, Pa.).
"Intravascular device" was invented by Peter Schneider (Honolulu) and Robert M. Giasolli (Orange, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular device can comprise a carrier and an expansion apparatus. The device can be used for intravascular treatment of atherosclerotic plaque. The carrier can be reversibly expandable and collapsible within a vessel and can have ribbon strips extending between opposite ends in a longitudinal direction of the carrier. The ribbon strips can each be formed with a plurality of elongated protrusions thereon. The expansion...