US Patent Issued to WYSS CENTER FOR BIO AND NEURO ENGINEERING on June 17 for "Implantable medical devices with insertably removable elements" (Swedish, American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,589, issued on June 17, was assigned to WYSS CENTER FOR BIO AND NEURO ENGINEERING (Geneva).

"Implantable medical devices with insertably removable elements" was invented by Tiago Bertolote (Le Grand Saconnex, Switzerland), Christopher D. Gongora (Lyons, Colo.), Dana D. Tompkins (Frederick, Colo.) and Claude Clement (Sigtuna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device includes a low-profile housing having a cavity defined in a side thereof, and an element insertably removable with respect to the housing in a direction substantially parallel to a surgical plane of the implantable device. The element has a first portion...