US Patent Issued to Medtronic on June 17 for "Implantable medical leads and lead extensions having an encapsulation band" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,978, issued on June 17, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Implantable medical leads and lead extensions having an encapsulation band" was invented by Adam J. Rivard (Blaine, Minn.), Mary Bengtson (Ham Lake, Minn.), Stephen L. Bolea (Watertown, Minn.), Justin M. Claus (Fridley, Minn.), Ryan R. Davis (Plymouth, Minn.), Scott M. Hanson (Savage, Minn.) and Sean P. Skubitz (Forest Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable medical leads and/or lead extensions include a band that encapsulates a portion of conductors of the lead and/or lead extension. The band may be reflowed in order to provide the encapsulation of...