US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Nov. 18 for "Implantable medical lead shield" (California, Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,369, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Implantable medical lead shield" was invented by Elizabeth K. Formosa (Santa Clara, Calif.), Kevin R. Seifert (Forest Lake, Minn.), Vladimir P. Nikolski (Blaine, Minn.) and Mark T. Marshall (Cape Coral, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example medical device system includes an implantable medical lead including a first defibrillation electrode and a second defibrillation electrode, the first and second defibrillation electrodes configured to deliver antitachyarrhythmia shocks, and a pace electrode disposed between the first defibrillation electrode and the s...