ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,122, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).
"Pacemaker retrieval systems and methods" was invented by Alexander Khairkhahan (Palo Alto, Calif.), Alan Klenk (San Jose, Calif.) and Thomas Blake Eby (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system for retrieving a leadless cardiac pacemaker from a patient is provided. The cardiac pacemaker can include a docking or retrieval feature configured to be grasped by the catheter system. In some embodiments, the retrieval catheter can include a snare configured to engage the retrieval feature of the pacemaker. The retrieval catheter can inclu...