US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on April 7 for "Implantable medical device lead with modular electrode" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,419, issued on April 7, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Canada).

"Implantable medical device lead with modular electrode" was invented by Bryan Teague (Canyon Country, Calif.), Kyle Nix (Arcadia, Calif.), Xiangqun Chen (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Joseph Lane Hansen (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead for an implantable medical device (IMD) includes an electrode having a plurality of brick segments that are discrete and mechanically connected to one another in a line. The brick segments are electrically conductive and electrically connected to one another. The brick segments are configured to be powered by a pu...