US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on June 17 for "Catheter handle with torque mechanism and valve relief component" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,916, issued on June 17, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Catheter handle with torque mechanism and valve relief component" was invented by Brian Castelli (Rohnert Park, Calif.), Ashley Spink (Bellingham, Wash.), William Berthiaume (Santa Rosa, Calif.), William Chang (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Victoria Ung (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and James Mitchell (Windsor, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter includes a handle with torqueing and steering mechanisms. The torqueing mechanism includes a rotatable nosecone and a bearing coupled to the nosecone to be rotatable therewith. The bearing is concentrically disposed over a sha...