US Patent Issued to TERUMO MEDICAL on Nov. 18 for "Devices and methods for performing vascular hemostasis" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,895, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TERUMO MEDICAL Corp. (Somerset, N.J.).

"Devices and methods for performing vascular hemostasis" was invented by Sarah Elizabeth Gettinger (West Chester, Pa.), Kevin Douglas Ridgley (Newark, Del.) and Brian David Hoffman (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for performing vascular hemostasis comprises a balloon insertable into a tissue track so as to be disposed outside a vessel above an opening formed in the vessel. A hemostasis layer is removably disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of the balloon. A balloon tube is fluidly coupled to the balloon and configure...