US Patent Issued to KANEKA on June 10 for "Method for producing balloon catheter" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,886, issued on June 10, was assigned to KANEKA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing balloon catheter" was invented by Yoshinori Nakano (Settsu, Japan), Yojiro Koga (Settsu, Japan), Masahiro Kojima (Settsu, Japan), Masato Tsueda (Settsu, Japan) and Shintaro Osumi (Settsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a balloon catheter including preparing a balloon producing device (1), the device including a mold (10) into which a parison (50) is inserted, and a fixing member (30) for fixing the parison (50) outside the mold (10), the mold (10) provided with a rotation preventing portion (20) abutting the parison...