US Patent Issued to BIOTRONIK on Sept. 8 for "Catheter device comprising an overstroke stop mechanism and/or a re-sheathing limit mechanism" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,998, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BIOTRONIK AG (Buelach, Switzerland).

"Catheter device comprising an overstroke stop mechanism and/or a re-sheathing limit mechanism" was invented by Peter Maspoli (Buelach, Switzerland), Cassie Strauss (Buelach, Switzerland) and Markus Hepke (Waltrop, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device for implanting a medical implant includes an actuating element configured to move with a capsule of the catheter device and to be manually operated to bring the actuating element from a first state to a second state. A first and/or second stop is included in the catheter device. The firs...