US Patent Issued to BIOTRONIK on July 14 for "5G implant" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,629, issued on July 14, was assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"5G implant" was invented by Thomas Doerr (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a medical device and a method for operating a medical device, said medical device comprising a unit configured to perform at least one function selected from the group of: evaluation of signals, therapy delivery, an interface to a network, in particular a 5G network, the interface being configured to communicate directly or indirectly with the network, wherein the medical device is further configured to directly or indirectly influence the at least one functi...