ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,129, issued on May 27, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Medical catheter" was invented by Francis Denis McEvoy (Laois, Ireland), Colm Connolly (Galway, Ireland), Barry O'Connell (Galway, Ireland), Shane Cooney (Galway, Ireland), Joanna Cunniffe (Galway, Ireland), James Hannon (Galway, Ireland) and Maria Larkin (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a catheter may include an elongate body and a push assembly. The elongate body may include an inner liner defining an entry port into a lumen defined by the elongate body, and an outer jacket. The push assembly may an anchor member p...