US Patent Issued on Feb. 24 for "Delivery systems and methods for position pre-check and atraumatic implantation of a cardiac pacing lead" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,537, issued on Feb. 24.

"Delivery systems and methods for position pre-check and atraumatic implantation of a cardiac pacing lead" was invented by Leonid Makharinsky (Bonassola, Italy) and Brian Houston Craig (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel delivery system for implantation of a cardiac pacing lead comprising an elongated delivery sheath sized to accept the cardiac pacing lead inside thereof and an electrically-active elongated stylet positioned along the cardiac pacing lead and having a first distal electrode configured to provide a first electrical connection to the proximal end of the elongated stylet. The impla...