US Patent Issued to JenaValve Technology on Sept. 16 for "Catheter system for introducing an expandable stent into the body of a patient" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,854, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to JenaValve Technology Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Catheter system for introducing an expandable stent into the body of a patient" was invented by Helmut Straubinger (Aschheim, Germany), Arnulf Mayer (Markt Schwaben, Germany) and Johannes Jung (Pforzheim-Huchenfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a catheter system for introducing a heart valve stent into the body of a patient. The catheter system includes a catheter tip having a seat portion for accommodating the stent in its collapsed state and a stent holder for releasably fixing the stent, wherein the seat port...