US Patent Issued to Medtronic on May 20 for "Medical lead with segmented electrodes" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,682, issued on May 20, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Medical lead with segmented electrodes" was invented by Sean P. Skubitz (Forest Lake, Minn.) and Jacob Silverberg (Blaine, 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 of electrical conductors extending about the longitudinal axis of the lead body. The plurality of electrodes is positioned around an outer perimeter of the lead body. An inner sur...