Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Catheter Handle With Torque Mechanism And Valve Relief Component' Filed by Medtronic, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202518054156 A) filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, on June 4, for 'catheter handle with torque mechanism and valve relief component.'

Inventor(s) include Castelli, Brian; Spink, Ashley; Berthiaume, William; Chang, William; Ung, Victoria; and Mitchell, James.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A catheter includes a handle with torqueing and steering mechanisms. The torqueing mechanism includes a rotatable nosecone and a bearing coupled to the nosecone to be rotatable therewith. The bearing is concentrically disposed over a shaft of the catheter and is configured to transmit a torque from the nosecone to the shaft when the nosecone is rotated. The steering mechanism includes a rack coupled to the bearing to be slideable therewith and a pull wire having a proximal end attached to the bearing and a distal end attached to a distal portion of the shaft. Rotation of the nosecone causes an entire length of the shaft to rotate and axial movement of the rack tensions the pull wire to bend the distal portion of the shaft. A valve relief component is slidingly disposed over the shaft and is configured to dock onto the handle when not in use."

The patent application was internationally filed on June 22, 2020, under International application No.PCT/US2020/038943.

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