ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,792, issued on July 15, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Internal recharging systems and methods of use" was invented by Brian J. Fahey (Menlo Park, Calif.), Amr Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.), Marwan Berrada (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Tom Saul (Moss Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implant device recharging methods, devices, and systems. The implantable devices that are recharged can include one or more sensors. The implantable devices can include one or more receive transducers. A recharging catheter can emit energy to the one or more receive transducers to recharge an implantable device power source...