US Patent Issued to Medtronic on June 23 for "Structures and techniques for medical lead fabrication" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,521, issued on June 23, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Structures and techniques for medical lead fabrication" was invented by Elizabeth Formosa (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Jayesh R. Patel (Maple Grove, Minn.), Damian M. Becker (Columbia Heights, Minn.), Wen Tan (Shoreview, Minn.) and Dale F. Seeley (Spring Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a lead comprises a plurality of conductors, each conductor of the plurality of conductors comprising a conductor first end, a conductor second end, and a conductor intermediate portion therebetween, and a spline. The lead may include a first set of contacts and a...