US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on May 20 for "Elongate medical tools including printed circuit boards" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,653, issued on May 20, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Canada).

"Elongate medical tools including printed circuit boards" was invented by Amanuel Seretse (New Brighton, Minn.), Jason M. Romanowski (Bloomington, Minn.), Andy Blommer (Plymouth, Minn.) and Patrick P. Senarith (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool adapted for insertion into a physiological lumen of a patient is provided. The tool includes a hub, a core extending distally from the hub, and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The PCB assembly includes a PCB substrate coupled to the core and an electronic component disposed on the PCB substr...