US Patent Issued to GEFASSPRAXIS DR. ERPEN on May 13 for "Device for closing a vein juncture in the treatment of varicose veins" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,586, issued on May 13, was assigned to GEFASSPRAXIS DR. ERPEN AG (Visp, Switzerland).

"Device for closing a vein juncture in the treatment of varicose veins" was invented by Thomas Erpen (Visp, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for closing a vein juncture in the treatment of varicose veins including a catheter which can be inserted into a venous system and at the distal end of which an expandable balloon is arranged, a covering which is arranged circumferentially on the balloon and can be expanded by means of said balloon, wherein the proximal covering end is designed to be open, and at leas...