ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,975, issued on June 17, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for improved his bundle and backup pacing timing" was invented by Jan O. Mangual-Soto (Rho, Italy), Yun Qiao (Valencia, Calif.), Wenwen Li (San Jose, Calif.), Xiaoyi Min (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Luke C. McSpadden (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for dynamically modifying pacing timing and backup pacing delivery in cardiac stimulation devices include applying pacing impulses, measuring corresponding responses, and, based on such responses, automatically modifying timing or operational settings of the stimulatio...