US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Nov. 3 for "Cardiac monitor device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,478, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Cardiac monitor device" was invented by Hyun J. Yoon (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) and Eric B. Kalmes (Shoreview, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example implantable medical device includes a housing configured to house control circuitry that is configured to control functioning of the implantable medical device, an electrode positioned on an outer surface of the housing and connected to the control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to monitor a physiological parameter of a patient via the electrode. The implantable medical device also includes an ab...