ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,868, issued on April 8, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Implantable medical device fixation" was invented by Vladimir Grubac (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Matthew D. Bonner (Plymouth, Minn.), Raymond W. Usher (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Thomas A. Anderson (New Hope, Minn.) and Arshad A. Alfoqaha (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of ...