US Patent Issued to Cardiac Pacemakers on Nov. 4 for "Implanting a lead in the internal thoracic vasculature" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,798, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Implanting a lead in the internal thoracic vasculature" was invented by G. Shantanu Reddy (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for implanting leads in the internal thoracic vein (ITV) of a patient may include first screening the patient to determine if various screening criteria are met. The screening criteria may include rib spacing, ITV location, and ITV diameter. When a predetermined parameter of at least one of the screening criteria is met, the implantation of one or more leads extending into the ITV and to a pulse generator are comp...