ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,428, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Respiratory-based cardiac remodeling pacing therapy" was invented by Matthew J. Hoffman (St. Paul, Minn.), Troy E. Jackson (Rogers, Minn.) and Michael D. Eggen (Chisago City, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for performing respiratory-based cardiac remodeling pacing therapy are described in this disclosure. A patent's respiration may be monitored, and the lower pacing limit for the cardiac remodeling pacing and support pacing therapy delivered to a patient may be adjusted based on the monitored respiration to achieve or restore re...