US Patent Issued to Medtronic Vascular on July 29 for "Guide extension catheter assemblies, systems and methods of use" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,895, issued on July 29, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Guide extension catheter assemblies, systems and methods of use" was invented by Barry O'Connell (Galway, Ireland), Sean Ward (Galway, Ireland) and John K. Tuohy (Clare, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide extension catheter assembly including a guide extension catheter and a support device. The guide extension catheter includes a shaft and a tubular member. The support device includes a push member and a shuttle member. The guide extension catheter assembly is configured to selectively provide a delivery state in which at least a portio...