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Article: U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (Dec. 3)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota.
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WIPO: Inventors in Minnesota Develop Tethering System
GENEVA, Dec. 2 - Dale Nelson of Minneapolis, Xiaoping Gu of Plymouth, Minn., and Kent Anderson of Champlin, Minn., have developed a tethering system.
According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for providing safe and efficient transcatheter correction of the shape of heart chambers, valves, or other body members. The apparatus generally performs this correction by securing a tether to body surfaces. The attachment device includes ...