ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,276, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG (Berlin).

"Implantable system and method for providing anti-tachycardia and/or shock therapy" was invented by Thomas Doerr (Berlin) and Ingo Weiss (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable system for providing anti-tachycardia and/or shock therapy, comprising an implantable pacing device, in particular an implantable leadless pacemaker, and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, in particular a non-transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator, wherein the implantable pacing device is configured to detect a tachycardia and to provide anti-tachycardia p...