ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,960, issued on June 17, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Medical lead with segmented electrodes" was invented by Sean P. Skubitz (Forest Lake, Minn.), Daniel C. Oster (Blaine, Minn.), Jacob Silverberg (Blaine, Minn.), Stephen L. Bolea (Watertown, Minn.), Jeffrey M. Novotny (Wyoming, Minn.), Justin M. Claus (Fridley, Minn.) and Robert R. Rowe (Monticello, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical lead system includes a lead body, a plurality of electrical conductors, and a plurality of electrodes. The lead body may include a distal end and a proximal end defining a longitudinal axis of the lead body. The plurality o...