ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,956, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SHANGHAI GOLDEN LEAF MED TEC Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Radio frequency ablation device comprising balloon blocking catheter and ablation method therefor" was invented by Hongguang Cao (Shanghai), Haidong Chen (Shanghai), Meijun Shen (Shanghai) and Jiulin Guo (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency ablation device (300) comprising a balloon blocking catheter. The radio frequency ablation device (300) comprises a double or multi-lumen balloon blocking catheter (310) and a radio frequency ablation catheter (320). a stent (321) is arranged at the far end of the radio frequency ablati...