US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Nov. 18 for "Torqueable steerable sheaths" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,329, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Torqueable steerable sheaths" was invented by Timothy S. Marass (Minneapolis) and Andrew Oliverius (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable sheath includes an inner liner extending from a proximal to a distal end of the steerable sheath. The inner liner includes a non-deflectable portion and a deflectable portion. The steerable sheath includes a first pull wire positioned along a first helical path around the circumference of the inner liner from a proximal to a distal end of the non-deflectable portion and along a...