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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Ryan, Limerick, IE;
Nicholas Fox, Dranmore, IE;
John Gallagher, Galway, IE;
Timothy Desmond Farrell, Tralee, IE;
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2/966 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9505 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A delivery system for delivering a prosthesis includes a spindle for securing a stent to a shaft. The spindle includes at least one pocket for receiving a paddle of the stent. The delivery system also includes at least one sensor positioned within the at least one pocket and configured to detect a presence of the paddle relative to the at least one pocket.