US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Aug. 5 for "Associating therapy adjustments with posture states using a stability timer" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,983, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Associating therapy adjustments with posture states using a stability timer" was invented by Dennis M. Skelton (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes techniques for associating therapy adjustments with posture states using a timer. The techniques may include detecting a patient adjustment to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to the patient, sensing a posture state of the patient, and associating the detected adjustment with the sensed posture state if the sensed posture state is sensed within a first period following the d...