ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,922, issued on June 10, was assigned to Saluda Medical Pty Ltd. (Macquarie Park, Australia).
"Lead anchor" was invented by John Louis Parker (Artarmon, Australia) and Richard James Oldfield (Artarmon, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead anchor (1) to secure a stimulation lead (3) with an internal lead lumen (5), the lead anchor (1) comprising: a first clamp surface (7); a second clamp surface (9) opposed to the first clamp surface (7); and an adjustable fastener (11) to selectively draw the first clamp surface (7) towards the second clamp surface (9) to secure the stimulation lead (3) located between the first clamp surfa...