ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,934, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Enhanced telemetry of a medical system via improved link quality for a medical device" was invented by David J. Peichel (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for enhancing memory interrogations of a medical device by an external device. In some examples, the systems and techniques overcome issues of poor link quality, particularly when the memory stores time-sensitive and critical patient information, by reducing an individual packet size to fit an allotted time period for the transmission. Based on satis...