Medical Catheters, Agent Delivery, Expandable Balloon, Deformable Lumens
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260108709A1 filed September 16, 2025 by inventors Thomas ROEWER and Michael P. ALLEN, covering medical delivery devices such as catheters adapted for agent delivery with one or more deformable lumens in collapsed and open configurations, and expandable balloon devices for patient treatment. The application is assigned number 19330503 and claims priority under CPC classifications A61M 25/1018, A61M 25/0023, A61M 25/09, and A61M 2025/0042.
“The medical delivery devices are adapted to facilitate the delivery of an agent into a patient.”
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USPTO classification A61M covers devices that introduce or withdraw fluids from the body: infusion pumps, catheters, syringes, inhalers, wound drainage, dialysis equipment, and fluid-handling microfluidics. Every newly published application in A61M lands in this feed, around 205 a month. Applications publish 18 months after filing. Watch this if you compete in infusion therapy or drug delivery, file freedom-to-operate analyses for medical device startups, scout acquisition targets in cardiovascular or respiratory devices, or track hospital R&D arms that are quietly patenting clinical innovations.
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USPTO published patent application US20260108709A1 for medical delivery devices such as catheters adapted for agent delivery into patients, featuring one or more deformable lumens with collapsed and open configurations, and one or more agent delivery ports that may be proximal or distal to an expandable balloon device. The application was filed September 16, 2025 under application number 19330503.
Affected parties in the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors should monitor this publication as prior art — any overlapping catheter or drug-eluting balloon technology under development may be affected by the claims once the patent issues. Inventors and applicants filing similar medical device applications should review this publication for potential claim conflicts and freedom-to-operate considerations.
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CATHETERS ADAPTED FOR AGENT DELIVERY
Application US20260108709A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
Thomas ROEWER, Michael P. ALLEN
Abstract
Medical delivery devices, such as catheters, and their methods of use and manufacture. The medical delivery devices are adapted to facilitate the delivery of an agent into a patient. The medical delivery devices may have one or more deformable lumens, each of which has a collapsed configuration and an open configuration. The medical delivery devices may include one or more agent delivery ports, any one of which may be proximal or distal to an expandable device, such as a balloon.
CPC Classifications
A61M 25/1018 A61M 25/0023 A61M 25/09 A61M 2025/0042
Filing Date
2025-09-16
Application No.
19330503
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