ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,090, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Multi-fire fastener delivery system and method" was invented by Lee Bolduc (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Joshua Stafford (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener delivery system including a handle, and an internal assembly within the sheath. The internal assembly includes a support member extending along a support member axis, a helical track coupled to the support member and configured to receive a helical fastener having a helical fastener pitch, and a driver configured to advance the helical fastener axially along the helical tra...