ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,559, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Impulse Dynamics NV (Willemstad).

"Methods for planning and delivering cardiac electrical stimulation" was invented by David Prutchi (Voorhees, N.J.), Simeon Ioannis Kedikoglou (Tallahassee, Fla.), Angela Connolly Stagg (Allendale, N.J.) and Tamir Ben David (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cardiac electrical stimulation treatment, comprising: an implantable pulse generator; one or more leads extending from the pulse generator to the heart for applying cardiac electrical stimulation; a controller programmed with at least one treatment plan for applying cardiac electr...