ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,070, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Stent-valve delivery system" was invented by Tim O'Connor (Galway, Ireland), Sean Shanley (Galway, Ireland), John Lardner (Galway, Ireland) and Declan Loughnane (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for delivering a stent-valve may include an inner shaft including a distal tip, a stent-valve crimped onto the inner shaft, a distal sheath disposed over at least a lower portion of the stent-valve, and a proximal sheath disposed over at least an upper portion of the stent-valve. The distal sheath has a proximal free end ...