ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,436, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NO.1 BIOTECHNOLOGY Co. LTD..
"Hollow balloon catheter device for guiding blood flow" was invented by Shih-Chieh Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow balloon catheter device (100) includes a catheter portion (10) including a passage (101) defined therethrough, and a balloon (20) located at one end of the catheter portion (10). An inflation tube (30) passes through the passage (101) and extends into a balloon element (202). A blood flow channel (201) extends through the balloon (20). The balloon (20) is inflated via the inflation tube (30) to dilate a blocked blood vess...