ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,954, issued on May 20, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"Protective structures with integrated electrical interconnects for active implantable medical devices" was invented by Alexander Loo (Redwood City, Calif.) and Ellen Kaplan (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to implantable medical devices having protective structures with integrated electrical interconnects. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical device that includes a first nest portion and a second nest portion mateable with the first nest portion to form a nest housin...