US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on May 13 for "System to assist in the release of a collapsible stent from a delivery device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,843, issued on May 13, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"System to assist in the release of a collapsible stent from a delivery device" was invented by Valerie J. Glazier (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Ralph Joseph Thomas (Champlin, Minn.) and Khoi Le (Excelsior, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device for an implantable medical device having a retention member at an end thereof may include a shaft extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a longitudinal axis, an elongated sheath surrounding a longitudinal portion of the shaft, a compartment defined inside the sheath and ada...