ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,305, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Subcutaneous delivery tool" was invented by Matthew T. Vanderpool (Fridley, Minn.), Michael R. Klardie (Plymouth, Minn.) and Kris A. Peterson (Edina, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool...