ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,009, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"Current stimulation utilizing active charge balance phase" was invented by John Grimes (Tualatin, Ore.), Vighnesh Rudra Das (Katy, Texas), Marcelo Baru (Tualatin, Ore.), Brad McMillan (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Linh Thuy Nguyen (Missouri City, Texas), Richard Yi Chen Tseng (Portland, Ore.), David Genzer (Bay City, Texas) and Ashok Nedungadi (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device provides electrical stimulation. The medical device includes electric circuitry configured to perform active charge compensation. The electric circuitry is connecta...