US Patent Issued to Medtronic on April 7 for "Haptics-based recharge alignment feedback for implantable stimulator" (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,428, issued on April 7, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Haptics-based recharge alignment feedback for implantable stimulator" was invented by Brian A. Smith (Apple Valley, Minn.), Jeffery M. Kramer (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Andrew L. Schmeling (Holmen, Wis.), Andrew T. Fried (St. Paul, Minn.) and Todd D. Zenisek (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques to provide haptic feedback to a patient to help the patient align a medical device to a location on their anatomy. In some examples, the patient may align a recharging device to a medical device that is implanted at the location on their anatomy. In so...