ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,289, issued on July 28, was assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"Implantable medical device, implant communication system and method for transferring data" was invented by Thomas Doerr (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an implantable medical device, in particular a diagnostic monitoring device, a pacemaker, a defibrillator and/or a neuro-stimulator, configured to exchange data with an external communication device, comprising a near-field telemetry interface), a first wireless communication interface operating in a frequency band reserved for medical implants, and a second wireless communication ...