ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,719, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Heraeus Medical Components LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Segmented electrode and method" was invented by Benjamin Locke (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Andres Campos (Racine, Wis.), Leroy G. Calander (Rush City, Minn.), Paul Noffke (St. Paul, Minn.), Daniel Nygaard (New Brighton, Minn.), Eric Eichelt (Balsam Lake, Wis.), Paul Schuster (St. Paul, Minn.), Mark A. Hjelle (White Bear Lake, Minn.), David Ohmann (Blaine, Minn.) and John W. Warling (Maplewood, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical lead for implantation includes an electrode assembly having a plurality of electrodes. Each of the plurality of...