US Patent Issued to Greatbatch on Oct. 7 for "Inductive charging coil configuration for an implantable medical device" (Uruguayan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,064, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).

"Inductive charging coil configuration for an implantable medical device" was invented by Gabriel Amilcar Barbat (Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active implantable medical device (AIMD) is described. The AIMD has a rechargeable electrical energy power source connected to a PCB assembly for powering the medical device. The AIMD can sense biological signals from a patient, or it can have at least two electrodes that provide stimulation therapy to the patient. An inductive charging coil housed inside an elongate device enclosure is con...