US Patent Issued to Medtronic on July 28 for "Medical devices, systems, and methods that adjust physiological signal thresholds to control stimulation therapy" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,285, issued on July 28, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Medical devices, systems, and methods that adjust physiological signal thresholds to control stimulation therapy" was invented by Martinus Adrianus Godefridus Maria Bakx (Geleen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices that provide stimulation therapy that is adjusted based on sensed physiological signals compensate for drifting of those physiological signal values that can lead to stimulation control reaching limits and becoming less effective. The medical devices determine average values of the physiological signals and use those average value...