US Patent Issued to Medtronic on July 7 for "Separate positionable hemostasis valve for implantable medical lead introducer hub" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,195, issued on July 7, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Separate positionable hemostasis valve for implantable medical lead introducer hub" was invented by Derek M. Stevens (Chanhassen, Minn.) and Kevin Seifert (Forest Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system including an implantable medical, the lead comprising a lead body and a helical electrode at least one of extending or extendable from a distal end of the lead body. The medical system including a hemostasis valve coupled to the lead body proximal the distal end of the lead body, the hemostasis valve configured to slide along the lead body. The di...