ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,685, issued on May 20, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Electrode configuration for a medical device" was invented by Thomas A. Anderson (New Hope, Minn.) and Zhongping Yang (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example device includes an elongated housing, a first and second electrode, and signal generation circuitry. The housing can be implanted within a single first chamber of the heart. The first electrode extends distally from the distal end of the elongated housing. A distal end of the first electrode can penetrate into wall tissue of a second chamber of the heart. The second electrode, extending from...