US Patent Issued to Medtronic on April 1 for "Transcatheter implant delivery device and methods of implant loading and delivery" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,106, issued on April 1, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Transcatheter implant delivery device and methods of implant loading and delivery" was invented by Alessandro Fisher (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Paulina Nguyen (Santa Rosa, Calif.), John Vucinich (Windsor, Calif.) and Yas B. Neuberger (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure are generally related to systems, devices and methods for transcatheter delivery and deployment of an implant, such as a prosthetic valve. Aspects of the disclosure include methods of loading the implant to the delivery device having a capsule assembly for sheathi...