US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Sept. 8 for "Devices, systems, and methods for positioning an anchor for an artificial chordae tendineae" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,000, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for positioning an anchor for an artificial chordae tendineae" was invented by Troy Anthony Giese (Blaine, Minn.), Joel T. Eggert (Plymouth, Minn.), Christopher J. Koudela (New London, Minn.), Larry Michael Killeen (Elk River, Minn.), Nicholas Barron (Columbia Heights, Minn.), Matthew P. Jones (Shoreview, Minn.), Kristen Elizabeth Ott (White Bear Lake, Minn.), James K. Cawthra Jr. (Ramsey, Minn.), Charanjit S. Rihal (Rochester, Minn.) and Mackram F. Eleid (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantab...