US Patent Issued to Cardiac Pacemakers on Sept. 8 for "Header splitline feature" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,271, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Header splitline feature" was invented by James Michael English (Cahir, Ireland), Moira B. Sweeney (St. Paul, Minn.), Jamie Murphy (Abbeyfeale, Ireland), Michael Dunne (Castlecomer, Ireland), Daragh Nolan (Via Youghal, Ireland) and Michael J. Kane (St Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device can include a housing including electronic devices within the housing, and a header attached to the housing. The header can include a first silicone portion configured to surround a first portion of internal electronics of the heade...