US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Feb. 18 for "Inhibition of onset of cardiac tachyarrhythmia with intercostal nerve stimulation" (Dutch, German, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,644, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Inhibition of onset of cardiac tachyarrhythmia with intercostal nerve stimulation" was invented by Stefan G. Kracker (Sonthofen, Germany), Lilian Kornet (Eijsden, Netherlands), Michelle M. Galarneau (Eagan, Minn.), Matthew D. Bonner (Plymouth, Minn.), Johan Maas (Winterswijk, Netherlands), Berthold Stegemann (Kassel, Germany), Paulus C. van Venrooij (Hoensbroek, Netherlands), Vasiliki Spyropoulou (Bologna, Italy), Victor Peter Jozef Duijsens (Grevenbicht, Netherlands) and Markus J. C. Lazeroms (Vroenhoven-Reimst, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An examp...