ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,333, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SHUTTLE CATHETERS PC (Athens, Greece).
"Mobile balloon support catheter" was invented by Giannis Stefanidis (Nea Erythrea Attikis, Greece).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention refers to endovascular catheters and methods useful to endovascular surgery. In particular, it refers to support catheters with balloons that are used for the placement or the forwarding of the guidewire through demanding tortuosity and important vascular stenoses in cases where the guidewire needs the best possible backup support of the catheter. This is achieved with the development of an endovascular support cat...