ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,711, issued on June 9, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Electrical component and method of forming same" was invented by Mark R. Boone (Gilbert, Ariz.), Joachim Hossick-Schott (Minneapolis), Mark Henschel (Phoenix) and Chunho Kim (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of an electrical component and a method of forming such component are disclosed. The electrical component includes a substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and a cavity disposed in the substrate. The cavity extends between the first major surface and the second major surface. The electrical component also includ...