ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,452, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Multi-electrode implantable medical device (IMD)" was invented by Kaileigh E. Rock (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Michael D. Eggen (Chisago City, Minn.), Jean M. Carver (Blaine, Minn.), Duane N. Mateychuk (Ramsey, Minn.), Zhongping C. Yang (Woodbury, Minn.), Douglas S. Hine (Forest Lake, Minn.), Scott J. Brabec (Elk River, Minn.) and Vania Lee (Circle Pines, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device (IMD) comprises a plurality of deep tines configured to be advanced into a septum of a heart of a patient in different directions that are not parallel t...