US Patent Issued to VentureMed Group on Sept. 9 for "Intravascular catheter having an expandable incising portion and embolic protection device" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,942, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to VentureMed Group Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Intravascular catheter having an expandable incising portion and embolic protection device" was invented by John P. Pigott (Sylvania, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular device and methods for using the same are provided. The intravascular device includes an expandable portion with struts operable between a first position and a second position where the struts are moved outward from the first position. An incising element is provided at, and extends outward from, at least one of the struts. An embolic protection device covers at least ...