US Patent Issued to Medtronic Vascular on March 24 for "Delivery device for prosthetic heart valve with capsule adjustment device" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,521, issued on March 24, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Delivery device for prosthetic heart valve with capsule adjustment device" was invented by Jeffrey Sandstrom (Scandia, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device for percutaneously delivering a stented prosthetic heart includes a sheath, a handle, and adjustment device including a fine adjustment mechanism, and an outer stability shaft. The sheath defines a lumen and is configured to compressively constrain the stented prosthetic heart valve. The handle is coupled to the proximal portion of the sheath and includes an actuator mechanis...