US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on June 16 for "Delivery system having a split distal tip for improved positioning of a transcatheter heart valve" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,671, issued on June 16, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Delivery system having a split distal tip for improved positioning of a transcatheter heart valve" was invented by Declan Costello (Mayo, Ireland) and Edmond Sheahan (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system includes a handle, an inner shaft having a distal portion configured to receive the heart valve prosthesis thereon, a push wire slidingly disposed through a lumen of the inner shaft, and an outer sheath configured to cover the heart valve prosthesis during delivery. A split distal tip or nosecone is attached to a distal end of the inner...