US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 17 for "Devices, systems, and methods for adjustably tensioning an artificial chordae tendineae between a leaflet and a papillary muscle or heart wall" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,342, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for adjustably tensioning an artificial chordae tendineae between a leaflet and a papillary muscle or heart wall" was invented by Daniel Shuey (Pine City, Minn.), Joel T. Eggert (Plymouth, Minn.), Aaron Abbott (Columbia Heights, Minn.), James P. Rohl (Prescott, Wis.) and Christopher J. Koudela (New London, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices for delivering artificial chordae tendineae in a patient. A system for adjusting tension in an artif...