US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC VASCULAR on Oct. 21 for "Delivery devices for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic heart valve" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,016, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Delivery devices for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic heart valve" was invented by Jill Mendelson (San Francisco), Michele Silver (Blaine, Minn.), Michael Gloss (Minneapolis), Timothy Groen (Rush City, Minn.), Paul Rothstein (Elk River, Minn.), Jeffrey Sandstrom (Scandia, Minn.), Phil Haarstad (Minneapolis), Joel Racchini (Edina, Minn.) and David Blaeser (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delivery devices for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The delivery device includes at least one cord is configured...