ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,497, issued on July 8, was assigned to EBR SYSTEMS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Tissue stimulation systems and methods, such as for pacing cardiac tissue" was invented by Nathaniel Parker Willis (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Richard Riley (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Timothy A. Fayram (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is generally directed to implantable medical device systems for stimulating tissue, such as heart tissue. In some embodiments, an implantable medical device system includes a controller-transmitter and a receiver-stimulator in operable communication with one another. The receiver-stimulator can be ...