US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on April 14 for "Methods and devices for improved evoked response detection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,771, issued on April 14, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Methods and devices for improved evoked response detection" was invented by Gene A. Bornzin (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Alexander R. Bornzin (Ventura, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are implantable medical devices (IMDs), and methods for use therewith. In certain embodiments, a controller of an IMD controls when a pacing capacitor of the IMD is charged using a first voltage, when the pacing capacitor is being charged using a second voltage, and when the pacing capacitor is discharged to deliver a pacing pulse between anode and cathode ...