ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,128, issued on June 24, was assigned to Goodman Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Balloon catheter" was invented by Mitsumasa Okamoto (Aichi, Japan), Mitsuhiro Ota (Aichi, Japan), Soichiro Fujisawa (Aichi, Japan), Masahiko Ohara (Aichi, Japan), Keitaro Horiba (Aichi, Japan) and Takashi Kunisada (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon catheter includes an inflatable balloon disposed on a tip-end side of the balloon catheter. A linear part of an outer surface of the inflatable balloon extends linearly in an axial direction of the inflatable balloon, the linear part has a notch at an intermediate position in a length direction of...