US Patent Issued to Medtronic on June 30 for "Foramina-filling implantable medical lead" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,719, issued on June 30, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Foramina-filling implantable medical lead" was invented by Sarah J. Offutt (Golden Valley, Minn.), Juan G. Hincapie (Maple Grove, Minn.), Jerel K. Mueller (St. Paul, Minn.), Robert T. Sandgren (Lindstrom, Minn.) and Katie Bittner (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of implantable medical leads or implantable medical systems with implantable medical leads to be anchored to a sacrum are disclosed. The implantable medical leads include a lead body having a distal portion. A fixation mechanism is coupled to the distal portion. An electrode ...