US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Feb. 3 for "Feedthrough with vent hole" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,282, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Feedthrough with vent hole" was invented by Paul B. Aamodt (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Lea A. Nygren (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feedthrough plate may include a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, a side surface disposed between the first major surface and the second major surface, a recess, and a vent hole. The recess may extend from the first major surface to a recessed surface. Furthermore, the recessed surface may be disposed between the first major surface and the second major surface. The vent hole...