ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,657, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Custom length stylet" was invented by Elizabeth Kregel (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Thomas I. Miller (Blaine, Minn.), Jason Vargas (Villalba, Puerto Rico) and Jayesh Patel (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A custom length stylet assembly for meeting medical device length tolerances. The custom length stylet assembly including a stylet wire having a length extending between a distal end and a proximal end, stylet handle defining a longitudinally oriented throughbore sized to retain a proximal portion of the stylet wire, the stylet handle further defining ...