US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 2 for "Rotational alignment of medical implant" (British, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,008, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Rotational alignment of medical implant" was invented by Richard Kiely (Galway, Ireland) and David Bishop (Carrickfergus, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivering a replacement heart valve implant may include the implant including an expandable framework and leaflets coupled to the framework, and a delivery device including a handle and an elongate catheter extending from the handle. The catheter includes an outer sheath and an inner shaft movably disposed within the outer sheath. The implant is releasably coupled to...