ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,171, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Implantable medical device" was invented by Zhongping Yang (Woodbury, Minn.), Thomas A. Anderson (New Hope, Minn.), Kaileigh E. Rock (St. Paul, Minn.), Matthew D. Bonner (Plymouth, Minn.), Kathryn E. Hilpisch (Cottage Grove, Minn.) and Wade M. Demmer (Coon Rapids, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device configured to deliver pacing therapy, the implantable medical device including a device body configured to position within a heart, where the device body comprises a proximal body portion and a distal body portion and defines a longitudin...