US Patent Issued to Medtronic on July 29 for "Methods and systems for delivery device insertion during medical device crimp processes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,045, issued on July 29, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Methods and systems for delivery device insertion during medical device crimp processes" was invented by Victoria Ung (Santa Rosa, Calif.), James E. Mitchell (Windsor, Calif.) and Nathanael J. Glucklich (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assisting in loading an implantable medical device onto a delivery system includes a body having a first end, a second end, and a conduit extending from the first end to the second end. The body has an inner diameter that allows a distal portion of the delivery system to slidably move through the condu...