US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Jan. 13 for "Interventional medical device with balloon-actuated cover" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,531, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Interventional medical device with balloon-actuated cover" was invented by Thomas A. Wong (Little Canada, Minn.), Jonathan E. Baxter (Fridley, Minn.) and Kevin R. Seifert (Forest Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices including a balloon-actuated sheath are provided. The medical devices include a tubular body, a tooltip, a balloon, and a tubular sheath translatably coupled to the balloon. Medical devices including a balloon-actuated distal cap are provided. The medical devices include a tubular body, a tooltip, a balloon, and a distal cap trans...