US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on Dec. 2 for "Methods and devices related to operation of an implantable medical device during magnetic resonance imaging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,852, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Canada).

"Methods and devices related to operation of an implantable medical device during magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Shiloh Sison (Alameda, Calif.), Yash Vardhan Tiwari (Valencia, Calif.), Xi Lin Chen (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) and Xiyao Xin (North Ridge, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device (IMD) is provided and includes sensing circuitry coupled to electrodes. The sensing circuitry is configured to sense electrical biological signals indicative of a non-physiologic condition of interest experienced by a patient during a ma...