US Patent Issued to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. on Oct. 20 for "Neuromodulation catheter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,946, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).

"Neuromodulation catheter" was invented by Kevin Mauch (Windsor, Calif.), William Chang (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Justin Goshgarian (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Sina Som (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Dishuan Chu (Rohnert Park, Calif.), Somashekharayya Hiremath (Rohnert Park, Calif.), Amanda L. Fazekas (San Diego) and Martha A. Barajas-Torres (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter may include an elongate body comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a plurality of electrodes carried by the distal portion. The distal portion ...