US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on July 7 for "System for determining change in position of an implanted medical device within an implant pocket" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,829, issued on July 7, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Canada).

"System for determining change in position of an implanted medical device within an implant pocket" was invented by Jong Gill (Valencia, Calif.) and Fady Dawoud (Studio City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a change in position of an implanted medical device (IMD) within an implant pocket is provided. The system includes an accelerometer configured to be implanted in a patient, the accelerometer configured to obtain accelerometer data along at least one axis. The system also includes one or more processors configured to determine th...