ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,452, issued on April 15, was assigned to NEUROLOOP GMBH (Freiburg, Germany).

"Head part of an implantable device, method for producing the head part as well as a plug assembly which can be fitted into the head part" was invented by Fabian Kimmig (Freiburg, Germany) and Tim Boretius (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a head part of an implantable device, its method of production and a plug assembly which can be fitted into the head part. The head part comprises a head part housing which has at least one blind hole plug contact socket with a socket opening and a socket base axially opposite the s...