US Patent Issued to Medtronic CryoCath on Dec. 16 for "Method for applying conductors to catheter based balloons" (Arizona, Florida, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,124, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Medtronic CryoCath LP (Toronto).

"Method for applying conductors to catheter based balloons" was invented by Mark E. Henschel (Phoenix), Brian T. Howard (Minneapolis), Timothy G. Laske (Shoreview, Minn.), Kenneth C. Gardeski (Inverness, Fla.), Gonzalo Martinez (Mendota Heights, Minn.), Mark T. Stewart (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and Lars M. Mattison (St. Anthony, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention advantageously provides a molding device with conductive material for creating a catheter balloon with conductive elements, and methods and systems for manufacturing the catheter ballo...