US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Dec. 16 for "Tunneling and insertion tool for implantable medical device" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,084, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Tunneling and insertion tool for implantable medical device" was invented by Ronald A. Drake (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Lester O. Stener (Hudson, Wis.), Andrea J. Asleson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Mikayle A Holm (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool includes a handle, a plunger actuator proximate the handle, a shaft extending from the handle, a plunger, an engagement mechanism. The shaft includes a proximal end and a distal end, and the shaft defines a channel extending along a length of the shaft. A first actuation of the plunger actuator causes the plu...