ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,453, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SORIN CRM SAS (Clamart, France).

"Implantable lead" was invented by Jean-Francois Ollivier (Gif sur Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an implantable lead comprising an elongated lead body having at least one lumen therein and at least one through hole, and at least one electrically conductive wire. For at least one of said at least one lumen, a first through hole extends from an outer surface of the lead body into said lumen, and an electrically conductive wire is arranged in said lumen at least on one side of said first through hole. Furthermore, s...