US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on March 31 for "Devices and methods for preparing a valve for a transcatheter valve replacement procedure" (Minnesota, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,945, issued on March 31, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Devices and methods for preparing a valve for a transcatheter valve replacement procedure" was invented by Paul T. Rothstein (Elk River, Minn.), Roger D. Greeley (Portsmouth, N.H.), Jeffrey D. Sandstrom (Scandia, Minn.), Joel Racchini (Minneapolis) and James R. Keogh (Maplewood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes methods, systems and devices for severing and optionally removing at least a portion of heart valve leaflets. Leaflets can be partially removed or entirely removed or otherwise, the leaflets can be severed or splayed in such a ...