US Patent Issued to BIOTRONIK on July 14 for "Anchoring holding tool" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,618, issued on July 14, was assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"Anchoring holding tool" was invented by Matthew Melius (Milwauki, Ore.), Andrew B. Kibler (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Julia Khoury Valentine (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor holding tool is used for holding, during an implantation procedure, a lead anchor device. The lead anchor device is used for anchoring a lead in a patient. The anchor holding tool includes a holding tip for engaging with the lead anchor device, and a handle connected to the holding tip. The holding tip generally extends along a longitudinal axis for receiving the lead anc...