ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,798, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cagent Vascular Inc. (Wayne, Pa.).
"Cage for medical balloon" was invented by Robert M. Giasolli (Orange, Calif.) and Peter Schneider (Honolulu).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cage can be positioned around a medical balloon, such as an angioplasty balloon, to assist in a medical procedure. The cage can include a plurality of strips, each extending between a set of rings including first and second rings. As the balloon expands, the first and second rings move closer together and allow the strips to expand outward. The cage may have wedge dissectors on the strips."
The patent was filed on July ...