US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Feb. 24 for "Catheter including wire management cap and methods of assembling same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,079, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Catheter including wire management cap and methods of assembling same" was invented by Zachary L. Helgeson (Richfield, Minn.) and Michael Bowers (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter handle includes a housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis. The housing defines an internal cavity. The catheter handle also includes at least one wire extending through the internal cavity between the proximal end and the distal end. The catheter handle further includes a wire management cap posit...