ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,532, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GOODMAN Co. LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Balloon body for catheter and balloon catheter" was invented by Soichiro Fujisawa (Seto, Japan), Mitsuhiro Ota (Seto, Japan), Mitsumasa Okamoto (Seto, Japan) and Sinsuke Hiratsuka (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon body for a catheter includes a balloon and a plurality of hard members. The balloon includes a plurality of rigid portions has at least a joining portion provided with each of the plurality of hard members. The plurality of flexible portions is arranged between the plurality of rigid portions in a circumferential direction. In a c...