ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,182, issued on May 13, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Minimally invasive leadless neurostimulation device" was invented by Steven Deininger (Plymouth, Minn.), Alan Shi (Plymouth, Minn.) and Thomas M. Hillebrand (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leadless neurostimulation device including a header unit having at least one primary electrode having a contact surface that defines an external surface on a side of the device, an outer housing that forms a side of the header unit opposite of the contact surface of the primary electrode, and a dielectric mount that receives at least a portion of the primary electro...