US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on Dec. 16 for "Transcatheter delivery system and method with controlled expansion and contraction of prosthetic heart valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,191, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Transcatheter delivery system and method with controlled expansion and contraction of prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Matthew Rust (Windsor, Calif.), Padraig Savage (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Gianfranco Pellegrini (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Finn Rinne (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for use with a prosthetic heart valve having a stent frame to which a valve structure is attached, includes a shaft assembly including a distal end and a coupling structure disposed near the distal end and configured to be coupled to a distal end o...