US Patent Issued to BIOTRONIK on Feb. 3 for "Catheter device for repositioning or explanting an implantable medical device" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,396, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"Catheter device for repositioning or explanting an implantable medical device" was invented by Nicholas Devich (Tualatin, Ore.), Eric Austin (Portland, Ore.), Hannes Kraetschmer (West Linn, Ore.) and Brian M. Taff (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device for repositioning or explanting an implantable medical device comprises an outer catheter, and a steerable catheter extending through the outer catheter, wherein the outer catheter is axially movable with respect to the steerable catheter. A snare catheter extends through the steerable cath...