ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,184, issued on April 21, was assigned to MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Tissue-removing catheter with distal tip" was invented by Eoghan Jennings (Summerhill, Ireland), Alan Ryan (Galway, Ireland), Tomas K. Kelly (Galway, Ireland) and Michael James Donegan (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes an elongate drive member and a tissue-removing element operatively coupled to the distal end portion of the elongate drive member. An inner liner received within the drive coil defines a liner passage sized and shaped to receive a guidewire therei...