US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Nov. 11 for "Implant tools for extravascular implantation of medical leads" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,399, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Implant tools for extravascular implantation of medical leads" was invented by Mark T. Marshall (Cape Coral, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for creating a pathway for an implantable defibrillation lead within a patient, the patient having a torso with a center, left side, and a high sternal area. The method comprises creating an incision at a first location on the left side of the torso, advancing a first medical device and a second medical device through the incision and through the subcutaneous tissue toward a second location proximate the center of...