ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,321, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BaroPace Inc. (Ashland, Ore.).

"Intelligently, continuously and physiologically controlled pacemaker and method of operation of the same" was invented by Michael Burnam (Ashland, Ore.) and Eli Gang (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pacemaker control system includes a pacemaker; a plurality of sensors which are internal to the pacemaker, a plurality of sensors which are external to the pacemaker, a circuit for entering patient reports; and a circuit for using artificial intelligence to process outputs from the plurality sensors internal and external to the pacemaker and from the ci...