US Patent Issued to Cardio Flow on Sept. 9 for "Rotational atherectomy devices and methods" (Michigan, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,943, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Cardio Flow Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Rotational atherectomy devices and methods" was invented by Jihad A. Mustapha (Ada, Mich.), Gary M. Petrucci (Long Lake, Minn.), Albert Selden Benjamin (St Paul, Minn.) and Ryan D. Welty (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of a rotational atherectomy device can remove (partially or completely) stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating one or more abrasive elements in an orbital path to abrade and breakdown the lesion. In particular implementations, multiple abrasive elements are arranged along a distal portion of a drive shaft...