US Patent Issued to Medtronic Vascular on June 24 for "Biased capsule for transcatheter valve repair and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,909, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Biased capsule for transcatheter valve repair and methods" was invented by Kimaya N. Gupte (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Christina E. Franke (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Alexandra C. Dotti (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Isabel H. Mulvihill (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure include delivery devices for transcatheter delivery of a cardiac implant. Delivery devices can include a handle assembly as well as a piston mount connected to the handle assembly and having a distal portion terminating at a nose cap. The distal portion includes ...