MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202518054156 A) filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, on June 4, for 'catheter handle with torque mechanism and valve relief component.'

Inventor(s) include Castelli, Brian; Spink, Ashley; Berthiaume, William; Chang, William; Ung, Victoria; and Mitchell, James.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A catheter includes a handle with torqueing and steering mechanisms. The torqueing mechanism includes a rotatable nosecone and a bearing coupled to the nosecone to be rotatable therewith. The bearing is concentrically disposed over a shaft ...