ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,757, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Future of Pacing LLC (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
"Cardiac pacing lead" was invented by Terrell M. Williams (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Gopi Dandamudi (Gig Harbor, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical lead includes a lead body, a connector pin proximate to a proximal end of the lead body, a helix extending from a distal end of the lead body, an electrode proximate to the distal end of the lead body, and a cable conductor within the lead body and including an electrode proximate a distal end of the cable conductor, the cable conductor being slideable within the lead body to extend and re...