ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,264, issued on Aug. 5.

"Implantable medical device which may be controlled from central station" was invented by Jeffrey Matos (New Rochelle, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable electrical stimulating device and system provides for a remote determination of the identity of the person in whom the stimulating device is implanted. The stimulating device may be a pacemaker, a defibrillator, another medical device or a non-medical device. The bases for the remote identification are (1) the comingling of (A) biologic identification information of the person linked to the stimulating device, and (B) information pertaining to a...