US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on Sept. 22 for "Tension member routing elements in transcatheter stented prosthesis tensioning system" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,861, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Tension member routing elements in transcatheter stented prosthesis tensioning system" was invented by Michael Gloss (Minneapolis), Patrick Griffin (Galway, Ireland), Paul Rothstein (Elk River, Minn.), Jeffrey Sandstrom (Scandia, Minn.), Brendan Vaughan (Miltown Malbay, Ireland), Stephen Montgomery (Galway, Ireland) and Alan McGuinn (Granmore, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to transcatheter stented prosthesis delivery devices including transition elements that route, constrain, support and reduce damage to tension member wear as te...