US Patent Issued to Medtronic on April 7 for "Tether assemblies for medical device delivery systems" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,420, issued on April 7, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Tether assemblies for medical device delivery systems" was invented by Ronald A. Drake (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Lester O. Stener (Hudson, Wis.) and Brian P. Colin (Anoka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a tether head assembly of a delivery system includes an inner retainer and an outer retainer that defines an aperture comprising a receptacle configured to receive an attachment member of a medical device, a passageway, and a groove. The inner retainer is movable within the groove between a second position in which the passageway is dimension...