US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Sept. 30 for "Interventional medical systems and associated assemblies" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,921, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Interventional medical systems and associated assemblies" was invented by Kevin R. Seifert (Forest Lake, Minn.), Vania Lee (Circle Pines, Minn.), Linda L. Franke (Blaine, Minn.), Lonnie D. Ronning (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Dina L. Williams (Andover, Minn.), Michael D. Eggen (Chisago City, Minn.) and Carla C. Pfeiffer (Fridley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tethering assembly for securing a medical device includes a shaft and a wire that extends in sliding engagement within a proximal lumen, a channel, and a distal receptacle of the shaft. A retainer zone of...