US Patent Issued to Calyan Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Clip design for a subcutaneous device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,512, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Calyan Technologies Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Clip design for a subcutaneous device" was invented by Yatheendhar D. Manicka (Woodbury, Minn.) and Robert D. Carter (Apple Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing, a clip attached to the housing, and an electrode. The clip is configured to move between an open position and a closed position to increase or decrease an opening between the housing and the clip to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue. The electrode is configured to contact an organ, a nerve, the first ti...