US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on Oct. 28 for "Method and apparatus for a burst operation pressure sensor" (California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,472, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for a burst operation pressure sensor" was invented by Dean Andersen (San Jose, Calif.), William Douglas Barrett (Tucker, Ga.), Jin-Woo Park (Duluth, Ga.), Philip M. Fitzsimons (Lilburn, Ga.), Ion Opris (San Jose, Calif.) and Eiji Shirai (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to an implantable device that include an inductor coil, a storage capacitor, active circuitry, and a sensor, but doesn't include an electrochemical cell, and methods for use therewith. During first periods of time, th...