US Patent Issued to Rush University Medical Center on Sept. 16 for "Leadless pacemaker device and method of use thereof" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,068, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rush University Medical Center (Chicago).

"Leadless pacemaker device and method of use thereof" was invented by Sawsan Awad (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to leadless pacemaker devices for facilitating regulation of a patient's heart rate and to methods of implanting and using such devices. In one embodiment, the pacemaker device includes a first and a second expandable structure connected by a neck region. A pacemaker unit is contained within one of the expandable structures and a power source is contained within the other of the expandable st...