US Patent Issued to KA Medical on Aug. 26 for "Expanding medical device with support" (Minnesota, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,732, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KA Medical LLC (Roseville, Minn.).

"Expanding medical device with support" was invented by John Oslund (Blaine, Minn.), Pat Russo (Vadnais Heights, Utah) and Kevin Dunne (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application describes various embodiments of an expandable device that includes at least one support member. The support member (or members) is integrated into the structure of the expandable device and increases its column strength, which thus augments pushability of the expanding device through a delivery catheter. The support member allows force applied while pushing fro...