US Patent Issued to PACESETTER on Feb. 18 for "Biostimulator transport system having valve bypass tool" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,593, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Biostimulator transport system having valve bypass tool" was invented by David Rickheim (Bloomington, Minn.) and Scott M. Smith (Monticello, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve bypass tool, and a biostimulator transport system having such a valve bypass tool, is described. The valve bypass tool includes an annular seal to seal against a protective sheath of the biostimulator transport system. The valve bypass tool is slidably mounted on the protective sheath and includes a bypass sheath to insert into an access introducer. The valve bypass tool can lo...