ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,254, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Balloon catheter and balloon arrangement method" was invented by Hiroshi Goto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasuo Kurosaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon catheter and a method for arranging a balloon are disclosed, which are capable of suppressing the separation of a drug with which an outer surface of a balloon is coated. A balloon catheter in which a balloon with an outer surface coated with a drug is disposed to an inside of a protective tube, in which: the balloon includes a plurality of wing portions that protrude radially outward, and a plurality of ...