US Patent Issued to ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.A R.L. on Nov. 3 for "Roll detection and six degrees of freedom sensor assembly" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,444, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.A R.L. (Luxembourg).

"Roll detection and six degrees of freedom sensor assembly" was invented by Uzi Eichler (Haifa, Israel), Alon Izmirli (Ganot Hadar, Israel) and Dan Seter (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roll-detecting sensor assembly includes a coil extending along and disposed about an axis. The coil comprises one or more portions, with each portion defining a winding angle. At least one of the portions defines a winding angle that is substantially nonzero relative to a line perpendicular to the axis, whereby the projected area of the c...