US Patent Issued to Greatbatch on July 21 for "Header assembly for connecting an active medical device to a lead" (Uruguayan, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,871, issued on July 21, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).

"Header assembly for connecting an active medical device to a lead" was invented by Luis Daniel Villamil (Montevideo, Uruguay), Ignacio Agustin Armesto (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Hugh D. Hestad (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active medical device has a feedthrough with at least two terminal pins that are connected to electronic components in the device housing. A lead connector is connected to a strain-relief device for a lead. The lead connector supports at least two connector pins that are detachably connected to the device terminal pins to th...