ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,646, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. (Golden Valley, Minn.).
"Implantable medical devices" was invented by Nicholas Nesbitt (Minneapolis), Kevin Verzal (Lino Lakes, Minn.), David Dieken (Minneapolis), John Rondoni (Plymouth, Minn.), Christopher Thorp (Minneapolis) and Douglas Murphy (Golden Valley, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example of an implantable medical device includes an output signal driver, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a controller. The output signal driver is configured to generate stimulation pulses to stimulate a nerve within a patient. The first electrode is coup...