US Patent Issued to PACESETTER on Oct. 21 for "Catheter-based system for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,920, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Catheter-based system for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker" was invented by Scott Kerns (Plymouth, Minn.) and Daniel Coyle (St. Louis Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter-based delivery systems for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker include features to facilitate improved manipulation of the catheter and improved capture and docking functionality of leadless pacemakers. Such functionality includes mechanisms directed to deflecting and locking a deflectable catheter, maintaining tension on a retrieval feature, protection...