US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on March 24 for "Electrode with protected impedance reduction coating" (Texas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,340, issued on March 24, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Electrode with protected impedance reduction coating" was invented by Brian Pederson (Selma, Texas) and Greg Olson (Elk River, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter includes a shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, an electrical conductor coupled to the catheter, and an electrode coupled to the electrical conductor. The electrode includes at least one recessed portion, and an impedance reduction layer disposed in the at least one recessed portion. The impedance reduction layer has a thickness less than a depth o...