ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,955, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Sensing for heart failure management" was invented by Jonathan L. Kuhn (Ham Lake, Minn.), James K. Carney (Roseville, Minn.), Vinod Sharma (Maple Grove, Minn.), Shantanu Sarkar (Roseville, Minn.), Todd M. Zielinski (Ham Lake, Minn.) and Tommy D. Bennett (Shoreview, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, determining a heart failure status includes using an implantable medical device configured for subcutaneous implantation and comprising a plurality of electrodes and an optical sensor. Processing circuitry of a system comprising the device may deter...