ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,522, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Telemetry connection for medical devices" was invented by Ashutosh Mehra (St. Paul, Minn.), Venkat R. Gaddam (Plymouth, Minn.), Nathan A. Torgerson (Andover, Minn.), Bernard P. Bechara (Minneapolis), Joel A. Anderson (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Arthur K. Lai (Minnetonka, Minn.), Brent P. Johnson (Shoreview, Minn.) and Trevor D. Webster (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes telemetry circuitry configured for communication between a medical device and an external device associated with the medical device and processing circuitry. The pro...