ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,162, issued on April 21, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Stabilizing wires for medical device" was invented by Gregory Gabay (New Hope, Minn.), Kristen T. Morin (St. Paul, Minn.), Andrey Samaray (Champlin, Minn.) and Trevor Springer (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device including stabilizing wires that are selectively movable from a first and second position and a delivery system including the same are described herein. The medical device includes a device body and the stabilizing wires coupled thereto. Each stabilizing wire has a proximal and distal end. In ...