ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,998, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Conductive instrument" was invented by Matthew L. Cantwell (Orange Park, Fla.), John R. Prisco (St. Johns, Fla.), Matthias Bissinger (Teningen, Germany) and Benedikt Florian (Teningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an instrument assembly for a selected procedure. The procedure may include a dissection and neural monitoring. The instrument may be insulated to allow for a selected and precise electrical conductive path."
The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/152,848.
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