US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC VASCULAR on Sept. 8 for "Tissue-removing catheter with adaptive torque control" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,907, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Tissue-removing catheter with adaptive torque control" was invented by Luke Hughes (Galway, Ireland) and Aram Jamous (Athenry, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue-removing catheter includes a torque sensor that senses torque from a motor acting on a component of the catheter. A linear force sensor senses a linear force from the advancer acting on a component of the catheter. A controller is in operative communication with the motor, the torque sensor, and the linear force sensor. The controller controls a speed of the motor based on the...