US Patent Issued to Cardiac Pacemakers on June 2 for "Implantable medical device electronics encapsulant" (Irish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,980, issued on June 2, was assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Implantable medical device electronics encapsulant" was invented by James Michael English (Cahir, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable medical devices with a dampening layer, and methods for manufacturing such devices. A dampening layer may be dispensed onto assembled electrical components of an implantable medical device. The dampening layer may include a first material which is modified with a second material to reduce one or more of the heat capacity or density thereof."

The patent was filed on Jan. 23, 2024, under Application No. 18/4...