ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,525, issued on July 1, was assigned to Cirtec Medical Corp. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Thin film electrode assembly" was invented by Dan Oster (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Jeremy Lug (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Johnny Khith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Norbert Kaula (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an elongate thin film body extending from a first end to a second end. A plurality of electrodes is disposed on the thin film body. A plurality of electrode connection traces each coupled to a respective one of the electrodes. A plurality of attachment structures is placed at predetermined locations about the th...