ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,463, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).
"Loading tool for a biostimulator" was invented by Byron Liehwah Chun (San Francisco), Sondra Orts (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Thomas B. Eby (Mountain View, Calif.), Stephanie M. Raymond (Porter Ranch, Calif.), Mike Sacha (Chanhassen, Minn.), Bernhard Arnar (Minnetrista, Minn.), Adam Weber (Minnetonka, Minn.), Jennifer Heisel (Princeton, Minn.) and Wade Keller (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading tool for loading a biostimulator onto a biostimulator delivery system is described. The loading tool includes a first body portion and a second body ...