ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,280, issued on July 28, was assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Current steering to achieve spatial selectivity for his bundle pacing" was invented by Pramodsingh H. Thakur (Woodbury, Minn.), Allan C. Shuros (St. Paul, Minn.), Brian Soltis (St. Paul, Minn.), Juan G. Hincapie (Maple Grove, Minn.), Qi An (Blaine, Minn.), Yinghong Yu (Shoreview, Minn.) and Keith R. Maile (New Brighton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for pacing a HIS bundle of a patient. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include applying stimu...