ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,251, issued on March 31, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).
"Connector for implantable medical device" was invented by Luis Daniel Villamil (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Ignacio Agustin Armesto (Montevideo, Uruguay).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various examples, a connector for an implantable medical device is configured to accept a lead therein and electrically couple to a lead contact of the lead. The connector includes a connector housing, which includes a bore portion including a bore hole therethrough. The bore hole includes a bore hole axis, the bore hole being sized and shaped to accept the lead within the bore...