US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION on May 12 for "Flexible torque cable for delivery of medical devices" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,727, issued on May 12, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Flexible torque cable for delivery of medical devices" was invented by Brian Perszyk (Shoreview, Minn.) and Caytlin Gale (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes delivery cables for delivering a medical device and methods of making and employing the same. In one embodiment, a delivery cable includes a flexible inner core, a proximal outer coil, and a distal outer coil. The proximal outer coil has a first rigidity. The distal outer coil surrounds at least a portion of a distal section of the flexible ...