ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,690, issued on May 6, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).
"Biostimulator having patch antenna" was invented by Souvik Dubey (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Perry Li (Arcadia, Calif.) and Craig E. Mar (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a patch antenna integrated into a housing, is described. The housing includes an annular wall that contains electronic circuitry of the biostimulator and provides a ground plane of the antenna. The patch antenna includes a meandering trace embedded in a curved dielectric layer that is mounted on the annular wall. The trac...