US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Oct. 27 for "Delivery system for self-expanding valve with exposed cuff" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,314, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Delivery system for self-expanding valve with exposed cuff" was invented by Nicholas Steenwyk (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic heart valve includes a self-expanding frame, a valve assembly, and an outer cuff. A delivery device includes an inner shaft, an outer shaft, and a distal sheath disposed about a portion of the inner shaft to form a compartment with the inner shaft. The inner shaft and the distal sheath may be axially translatable relative to one another. A distal tip may be disposed at a distal end of ...