ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,326, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SIGMASENSE LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Drive-sense circuit (DSC) serviced electrocardiogram (ECG) leads" was invented by John Christopher Price (Austin, Texas), Shayne X. Short (College Station, Texas) and Timothy W. Markison (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pacemaker system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC) operably coupled to a pacemaker lead. The DSC generates a pace signal including electrical impulses based on a reference signal. The DSC provides the pace signal via the pacemaker lead to an electrically responsive portion of a cardiac conductive system of a subject to facilitate...