US Patent Issued to Embolx on Sept. 9 for "Catheters and methods of manufacture and use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,298, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Embolx Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Catheters and methods of manufacture and use" was invented by Greg Halstead (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Michael P. Allen (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheters that includes inner and outer elongate shafts, each of which is secured relative to an end of an inflatable member. Balloon bonding locations may be disposed radially inward relative to an outer dimension of the outer elongate shaft."

The patent was filed on Aug. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/636,562.

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