ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,843, issued on April 15, was assigned to Gerstner Medical LLC (Pittsford, N.Y.).
"Multiple balloon venous occlusion catheter" was invented by Timothy Rasmusson (Buffalo, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple balloon catheter designed to quickly and easily obtain hemostasis during open and minimal access surgery in the event of venous injury."
The patent was filed on June 4, 2020, under Application No. 16/892,755.
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