ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,903, issued on March 11, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Foil pack" was invented by Christian S. Nielsen (River Falls, Wis.), Timothy T. Bomstad (Bigfork, Minn.), Lance B. Lohstreter (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), John D. Norton (Saint Paul, Minn.), Mark E. Viste (Brooklyn Center, Minn.) and Paul B. Young (New Richmond, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus having a foil pack defining a device enclosure and a fluid conduit defining a fluid channel. The device enclosure may be configured to hold an energy storage device such as a battery or capacitor. The fluid conduit defines a fluid channel configured to allow a ...