US Patent Issued to PACESETTER on Feb. 17 for "Tube-cut helical fixation anchor for electrotherapy device" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,695, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Tube-cut helical fixation anchor for electrotherapy device" was invented by Ivan Ma (San Mateo, Calif.), Bruce Weir (Plymouth, Minn.), Matthew G. Fishler (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Ott Khouengboua (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device is disclosed herein and can be in the form of an implantable medical lead or a leadless pulse generator. The implantable medical device includes a body, at least one electrode and a tube-cut helical fixation anchor. The body includes a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end. T...