ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,186, issued on May 27, was assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc..

"Systems and methods for treating cardiac arrhythmias" was invented by Lili Liu (Maple Grove, Minn.), Benjamin J. Haasl (Forest Lake, Minn.), Brendan Early Koop (Ham Lake, Minn.), Arthur J. Foster (Blaine, Minn.), Justin Robert Alt (Minneapolis) and Dana Sachs (Pine City, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leadless pacing device may include a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, and one or more electrodes supported by the housing. The housing may include a body portion and a header. A distal extension may extend distally from the header of the housing, the...