US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.a. r.l. on Aug. 25 for "Magnetic position sensor and cable" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,327, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to St. Jude Medical International Holding S.a. r.l. (Luxembourg).

"Magnetic position sensor and cable" was invented by Hong Cao (Maple Grove, Minn.), Bruce Ebner (Shorewood, Minn.), Vladislav Dmidrievich Popov (Plymouth, Minn.), Aditi Mitkar (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Derek C. Sutermeister (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Magnetic position sensors include features to enhance performance and durability. In many embodiments, a magnetic position sensor includes a magnetically permeable core and a coil. The core has a central axis and a core length along the central axis. The coil is confi...