US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Sept. 9 for "Termination of a shield within an implantable medical lead" (Minnesota, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,320, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Termination of a shield within an implantable medical lead" was invented by Bruce R. Mehdizadeh (Boise, Idaho), Brian T. Stolz (Bloomington, Minn.), Michael Robert Klardie (Plymouth, Minn.), James M. Olsen (Plymouth, Minn.), Michael J. Kern (Minnetonka, Minn.), Richard T. Stone (Minneapolis), Chad Q. Cai (Woodbury, Minn.), Spencer Fodness-Bondhus (Columbia Heights, Minn.), Mark J. Conroy (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Timothy R. Abraham (Lino Lakes, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ...