US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.A R.L. on Oct. 14 for "Navigational electrode with magnetic tracking coil" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,120, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.A R.L. (Luxembourg).

"Navigational electrode with magnetic tracking coil" was invented by Troy T. Tegg (Elk River, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a medical device, comprising an elongate shaft extending along a shaft longitudinal axis and comprising a shaft proximal portion and a shaft distal portion. A navigational assembly is connected to the shaft distal portion and extends along the shaft longitudinal axis. The navigational assembly includes a navigational electrode positioning feature and a magneti...