ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,345, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).
"Temporary pacing guidewire" was invented by Ling Wang (Plymouth, Minn.), David Thomsen (Delano, Minn.) and Jeremy Hansen (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various examples, a guidewire for temporary pacing of tissue includes an elongate core wire and a coil disposed along at least a portion of a length of the core wire. The coil is disposed radially outwardly from and around the core wire, wherein a core axis and a coil axis are substantially aligned. At least one electrode is disposed along the guidewire and includes an uninsulated portion ...