ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,035, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NEURAVI Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Inflation lumen kink protection and balloon profile" was invented by Brendan Casey (Galway, Ireland), Ronald Kelly (Galway, Ireland), David Vale (Barna, Ireland), Denis Foley (Galway, Ireland) and Michael Gilvarry (Headford, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon guide catheter having a sleeved inflation lumen secured with a wire wrap for improved inflation lumen kink protection and a welded balloon construction provides a robust and flexible catheter with an exceptionally large inner lumen relative to its outer profile and enables rapid and reliable bal...