ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,678, issued on May 6, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Imaging markers for stimulator leads" was invented by Jiashu Li (Mounds View, Minn.), Patrick Helm (Milton, Mass.), Sean P. Skubitz (Forest Lake, Minn.) and Ashutosh Chaturvedi (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve for a medical lead includes a tubular body having a first open end and a second open end, a tubular wall extending between the first and second ends and defining a hollow center, and a longitudinal axis extending through the hollow center. A first pocket is disposed in the tubular wall and having a curved transverse cross section and a ...