ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,606, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Additive manufacturing for medical devices" was invented by Thomas A. Wong (Maple Grove, Minn.), Timothy M. Ramos (Blaine, Minn.), William J. Clemens (Fridley, Minn.), Kristin M. Johnson (Circle Pines, Minn.), Gregory N. Nesseth (Forest Lake, Minn.), Ryan E. Begley (Minneapolis), Scott N. Tuominen (Columbia Heights, Minn.), Elyssa M. Edgeton (Andover, Minn.) and Dina L. Williams (Andover, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing system for producing a medical catheter or lead and a method thereof. The system including a heating cartridge def...