US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Sept. 1 for "Splittable sheath" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,975, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Splittable sheath" was invented by Troy T. Tegg (Elk River, Minn.), Derek C. Sutermeister (Ham Lake, Minn.) and Bruce Ebner (Shorewood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splittable sheath for an implantable medical device can include a jacket having an outer diameter and an inner diameter. A lumen can be defined by the inner diameter and extended from a proximal end to a distal end of the jacket. An electrode can be located at the distal end of the jacket. A signal wire can be disposed within the jacket and can be electrically c...