ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,801, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical device assemblies and components" was invented by Andrew Graveley (Shoreview, Minn.), Nathaniel Behning (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Kyle True (Minneapolis), Bradley Swehla (Eagan, Minn.), Daniel Foster (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and Steven Meyer (Lake Elmo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical assembly may comprise: a substrate configured to be disposed in a body at a distal tip of a medical device; and a position sensing system, including a magnetic field sensor mounted to the substrate. The magnetic field sensor may be configured to pro...