ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,140, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Medtronic CryoCath LP (Toronto).
"Soft balloon device and system" was invented by Jean-Pierre Lalonde (Candiac, Canada), Scott A. Hareland (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Jay L. Kelley (Encinitas, Calif.), Rachid Mahrouche (Cote St-Luc, Canada), Wlodzimierz Sadzynski (Chateauguay, Canada), Megan M. Schmidt (Minneapolis), Bertin Simeon (Laval, Canada) and Vladimir Tzonev (Kirkland, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, system, and method for performing a variety of treatment procedures safely with a single treatment device. For example, a system is provided that includes a treatment device with a...