US Patent Issued to Mainstay Medical on March 24 for "Systems and methods for extracting an electrode lead" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,816, issued on March 24, was assigned to Mainstay Medical Ltd. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for extracting an electrode lead" was invented by Michael Dahl (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Jason Skubitz (Arden Hills, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for extracting an implanted lead from a patient's body. The system may include a dilator and a trephine for extracting the electrode lead. A sheath may be included that is advanced over the proximal end of an electrode lead until the distal end of the sheath abuts a collar of the electrode lead coupled to proximal fixation elements. The dilator may be rotat...