ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,826, issued on March 24, was assigned to Biotronik SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"Intra-body network system" was invented by Burkhard Huegerich (Portland, Ore.), Andrew B. Kibler (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Min Qu (Portland, Ore.) and Habib Homayoun (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intra-body network system, comprises a first implantable medical device comprising a first communication circuitry and a second implantable medical device comprising a second communication circuitry. The first and second communication circuitries are configured to establish, in an implanted state of the first and second implantable medical devices, a c...