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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jay T. Rassat, Otsego, MN (US);
Varun Bhatia, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kendall Emfield, Excelsior, MN (US);
Ryan Lahm, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Alan Cheng, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas S. Hine, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Kristin M. Johnson, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Gregory N. Nesseth, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Jonathan E. Baxter, Fridley, MN (US);
Daniel W. Celotta, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Stephen A. Howard, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Nathan A. Grenz, North Oaks, MN (US);
Brian P. Colin, Anoka, MN (US);
Ronald A. Drake, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Juan Meng, Shanghai, CN;
Hongyang Lu, Shanghai, CN;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Implantable apparatus includes two or more alignable marker elements, and systems and methods for manufacturing such implantable apparatus, and methods to utilize such implantable apparatus. For example, the implantable apparatus may include a first alignable marker element and a second alignable marker element that may be used to ensure proper alignment with a target site.