ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,707, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Antenna for implantable medical devices" was invented by Yanzhu Zhao (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes examples of antennas used for communication with an implantable medical device (IMD). As one example, the IMD includes a housing configured to house communication circuitry within an internal side of the housing, and a planar antenna, having a curved structure, that is stacked on an external side of the housing and coupled to the communication circuitry. As another example, the IMD includes a housing configured to house commun...