ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,957, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LivaNova USA Inc. (Houston).
"Automatic gain control algorithm for heartbeat detection" was invented by Robert Alan Adkins (Angleton, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device comprises a control circuit and a memory. The memory is operably coupled to the control circuit. The memory comprises instructions that, when executed by the control circuit, cause the control circuit to monitor an output of at least one comparator, the output of the at least one comparator being responsive to a cardiac signal of a patient. The instructions further cause the control circuit to aut...