US Patent Issued to Medtronic CV Luxembourg on June 10 for "Integrated loading and storage system for implantable medical devices" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,734, issued on June 10, was assigned to Medtronic CV Luxembourg SARL (Luxembourg).

"Integrated loading and storage system for implantable medical devices" was invented by Paraic Frisby (Galway, Ireland) and Niall Duffy (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading device includes a locking collar assembly including a proximal end, a distal end, and a loading channel formed between the proximal end and the distal end. The device also includes a loading funnel coupled to the distal end of the locking collar assembly at a proximal end of the loading funnel. The loading funnel is configured to store a collapsible medical devi...