ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,601, issued on June 10, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Interatrial septoplasty cutting device" was invented by Zhongping Yang (Woodbury, Minn.), Lars M. Mattison (Blaine, Minn.), Jorge A. Vergen (Woodbury, Minn.), Devan D. Barth (Ramsey, Minn.), Noah A. Deraney (Chanhassen, Minn.), Christine R. Huyett (Arden Hills, Minn.), Clayton P. Witherspoon (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Jia Yuan Neoh (Minneapolis) and Lina T. Abajebel (St. Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device having an elongate body with a proximal portion, a distal portion, and defining a lumen therethrough. The medical device has an expandable e...