US Patent Issued to Medtronic on June 2 for "Electrical optical medical lead" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,982, issued on June 2, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Electrical optical medical lead" was invented by Janardan Vaidyanathan (Thane, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical system includes a light delivery module comprising a light source that generates light and a controller that controls the output of the light source, a lead with a plurality of electrodes, the lead extending from a proximal end to a distal end, wherein the lead further comprises an optical light guide configured to deliver the light from the light source, and the controller is configured to deliver voltage across two or more of t...