US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Oct. 21 for "Secondary verification of MRI exposure at an implantable medical device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,348, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Secondary verification of MRI exposure at an implantable medical device" was invented by Jonathan D. Edmonson (Blaine, Minn.) and Michael W. Heinks (New Brighton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable medical devices include a first sensor for detecting a magnetic field that indicates an exposure mode of operation is appropriate. The implantable medical devices include a second sensor for detecting whether an MRI characteristic is present that indicates whether MRI or non-MRI post exposure diagnostics and other actions should be implemented and may also...