ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,413, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NEXTERN INNOVATION LLC (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

"Self-validating module for software control of medical devices" was invented by Ryan J. Douglas (Seattle), Steven M. Gigl (Crystal, Minn.), Jonathan Lawson (Cottage Grove, Minn.), James Kinney (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and David Bontrager (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a Self-Validating System (SVS) which includes an Electronic Self-Validating Module (ESVM) that may be employed within a medical device, operable to receive and to transmit wireless transmissions to and from a personal electronic mob...