US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Nov. 18 for "Catheter including deflectable shaft and methods of assembling same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,986, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Catheter including deflectable shaft and methods of assembling same" was invented by Zachary L. Helgeson (Hennepin, Minn.) and Xuan Khieu (Hennepin, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter shaft includes an elongate body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a proximal portion and a deflectable distal portion. The distal portion is selectively deflectable in at least one direction by actuation of a shaft actuator assembly. The elongate body defines at least one lumen extending from the proximal end to th...