ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,992, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Pacing efficacy determination using a representative morphology of external cardiac signals" was invented by Subham Ghosh (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described herein for detecting efficiency of pacing using external cardiac signals. A representative electrical signal morphology of the cardiac signals may be determined based on the plurality of electrical signals, and an efficacy of left bundle branch (LBB) engagement determined based on the representative electrical signal morphology."

The patent was filed on March 5, 20...