ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,769, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Cavitation catheter" was invented by Jonathan Ashley Cope (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Risa Tom Egerter (Galway, Ireland), Gerry Oliver McCaffrey (Galway, Ireland), Peter Glynn (Tuam, Ireland), Jack Wallis (Galway, Ireland) and Aran Murray (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated member including at least one balloon connected to the elongated member, the at least one balloon being configured to inflate to an expanded state. In the expanded state, the at least one balloon forms at least a portion o...