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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Medtronic, Inc.

41 pending office actions • 13 clients

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
12
Final Rejections
29
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Medtronic, Inc. 18
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. 5
Digital Surgery Limited 4
Medtronic Cryocath LP 2
Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company 2
Avenu Medical, Inc. 2
Medtronic Cryocath LP 2
Covidien LP 1
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. 1
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC 1
Covidien LP 1
Medtronic, Inc. 1
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18859328 SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A CORDLESS SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, COMMUNICATION HUB, AND ONE OR MORE CONNECTED DEVICES Covidien LP POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2024
18915056 TISSUE-REMOVING CATHETER WITH GUIDEWIRE ISOLATION LINER Medtronic Vascular, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 14, 2024
18843382 COPD TARGETED LUNG DENERVATION (TLD) Medtronic Cryocath LP OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Sep 03, 2024
18833570 PROVISION OF SURGICAL GUIDANCE BASED ON AUDIOVISUAL DATA AND INSTRUMENT DATA Digital Surgery Limited SCHNURR, JOHN R 2425 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18725631 Tissue-Removing Catheter with Torque Control Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ICET, DANIEL ALLEN 3771 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2024
18737935 CHARGE BALANCED CARDIAC PACING FROM HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUITRY OF AN EXTRA-CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR SYSTEM Medtronic, Inc. MORALES, JON ERIC C 3796 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18716187 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF COOLING POWER FOR CRYOABLATION Medtronic Cryocath LP STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 Non-Final OA Jun 04, 2024
18714946 Tissue-Removing Catheter with Flexible and Stiff Portions Medtronic Vascular, Inc. RWEGO, KANKINDI 3771 Non-Final OA May 30, 2024
18677774 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIA DETECTION Medtronic, Inc. GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 3796 Non-Final OA May 29, 2024
18707695 MEDIA COMMUNICATION ADAPTORS IN A SURGICAL ENVIRONMENT Digital Surgery Limited DING, XIAOMAO 2676 Non-Final OA May 06, 2024
18632041 OPTICAL FORCE SENSOR WITH A CATHETER/SHEATH Medtronic, Inc. HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 10, 2024
18621035 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING BUNDLE BRANCH PACING Medtronic, Inc. DINH, ANH-KHOA N 3796 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2024
18610059 TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH PROTECTIVE FEATURE Medtronic Vascular, Inc. YABUT, DIANE D 3771 Final Rejection Mar 19, 2024
18577336 ISOLATED PRESSURE MONITORING FOR CRYOGENIC BALLOON CATHETER Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 Non-Final OA Jan 08, 2024
18573532 MANIFOLD FOR CRYOGENIC BALLOON CATHETER Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2023
18389729 VALVE REPAIR DEVICES WITH COAPTATION STRUCTURES AND MULTIPLE LEAFLET CAPTURE CLIPS Medtronic, Inc. SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 3774 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18517990 SEMI-CIRCULAR ABLATION CATHETER Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18561158 POSE ESTIMATION FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Digital Surgery Limited AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS 2682 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2023
18559219 MEDICAL SYRINGE Covidien LP SMALE, AVERY E 3783 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18282485 HEART VALVE STORAGE AND SHIPPING PACKAGING Medtronic, Inc. REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2023
18466398 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR LEFT HEART ACCESS Medtronic, Inc. KIM, EUN HWA 3794 Final Rejection Sep 13, 2023
18365908 ATRIAL TRACKING CONFIRMATION IN AN INTRACARDIAC VENTRICULAR PACEMAKER Medtronic, Inc. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 Final Rejection Aug 04, 2023
18358705 CATHETER WITH PULL WIRE BAND ELECTRODE Medtronic, Inc. ULSH, DUNG T 3783 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2023
18350072 SURGICAL WORKFLOW VISUALIZATION AS DEVIATIONS TO A STANDARD Digital Surgery Limited BURLESON, MICHAEL L 2681 Non-Final OA Jul 11, 2023
18338762 PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD DELIVERY DEVICE Medtronic, Inc. BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 3794 Final Rejection Jun 21, 2023
18332953 PROJECTION OF PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD (PEF) INDEX Medtronic, Inc. ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 3794 Final Rejection Jun 12, 2023
18320817 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ARTERIOVENOUS (AV) FISTULAS Avenu Medical, Inc. DELLA, JAYMI E 3794 Non-Final OA May 19, 2023
18035913 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES USING A SINGLE-PIECE VALVE SUBASSEMBLY Medtronic, Inc. GANESAN, SUBA 3774 Non-Final OA May 08, 2023
18140998 SHAPE MEMORY ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PROPERTIES Medtronic, Inc. ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB 3774 Non-Final OA Apr 28, 2023
18308476 CRYOABLATION PROBE ASSEMBLY HAVING FLUID SHEATH AND METHODS Medtronic, Inc. TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 3794 Final Rejection Apr 27, 2023
18190695 DIRECTED PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD ABLATION Medtronic, Inc. GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2023
18094090 TENSION MEMBER ROUTING ELEMENTS IN TRANSCATHETER STENTED PROSTHESIS TENSIONING SYSTEM Medtronic, Inc. STEWART, ALVIN J 3799 Final Rejection Jan 06, 2023
18052125 METHOD TO MITIGATE BALLOON BREACH DURING CRYOBALLOON THERAPY Medtronic Cryocath LP HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 02, 2022
17911860 TYNE DOCKING FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION ACCESS Medtronic Vascular, Inc. PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2022
17807827 CATHETER ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT Medtronic, Inc. HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 Final Rejection Jun 20, 2022
17662255 CATHETER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING EXPANDABLE PERFORATION TREATMENT DEVICE Medtronic Vascular, Inc. OU, JING RUI 3771 Final Rejection May 06, 2022
17770488 BIDIRECTIONAL PERFUSION CANNULA Medtronic, Inc. DAKKAK, JIHAD 3781 Final Rejection Apr 20, 2022
17653714 Catheter Assembly with Stiffener Medtronic Vascular, Inc. GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA 3783 Non-Final OA Mar 07, 2022
17678102 PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD (PEF) INDEX Medtronic, Inc. LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2022
17585994 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE INJECTION FLOW Medtronic Cryocath LP DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 Final Rejection Jan 27, 2022
17378684 INTRAVASCULAR ARTERIAL TO VENOUS ANASTOMOSIS AND TISSUE WELDING CATHETER Avenu Medical, Inc. EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 17, 2021

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