US Patent Issued to Medtronic on May 12 for "Substernal electrical stimulation system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,071, issued on May 12, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Substernal electrical stimulation system" was invented by Amy E. Thompson-Nauman (Ham Lake, Minn.), Melissa G.T. Christie (Andover, Minn.) and Rick D. McVenes (Isanti, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable cardiac pacing systems and methods for providing substernal pacing are described. In one example, a cardiac pacing system includes a pacemaker implanted in a patient and an implantable medical electrical lead. The implantable medical electrical lead includes an elongated lead body having a proximal end and a distal portion, a connector configured to cou...