US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on April 14 for "Header assembly having controlled therapeutic agent release" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,764, issued on April 14, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Header assembly having controlled therapeutic agent release" was invented by Joseph Hansen (Los Angeles), Wesley Alleman (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Keith Victorine (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Bei Ning Zhang (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leadless biostimulator, such as a leadless pacemaker, including a header assembly having a monolithic controlled release device (MCRD) for therapeutic agent elution, is described. The MCRD is in fluid communication with a space between an insulator and an electrode of the header assembly to elute therapeuti...