US Patent Issued to Medtronic on May 20 for "Devices and methods for sensing physiological signals during stimulation therapy" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,692, issued on May 20, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Devices and methods for sensing physiological signals during stimulation therapy" was invented by Scott Stanslaski (Shoreview, Minn.), Robert Devine (New Brighton, Minn.), Timothy Denison (Minneapolis), Vincent Roczniak (Maple Grove, Minn.), Todd Smith (Shoreview, Minn.) and Thomas Adamski (Andover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods provide for the sensing of physiological signals by providing a stimulation waveform that includes a stimulation pulse followed by an active recharge pulse to clear the charge in capacitors within the stimulation ...