US Patent Issued to Pacesetter on June 23 for "Biostimulator having resilient scaffold" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,501, issued on June 23, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Biostimulator having resilient scaffold" was invented by Thomas B. Eby (Mountain View, Calif.), Alex C. Soriano (Ventura, Calif.) and Mark Carlson (Calabasas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including a fixation element and an electrode mounted on a resilient scaffold, is described. The fixation element and the resilient scaffold are coupled to a housing of the biostimulator. The resilient scaffold can support the electrode against a target tissue at a location that is radially offset from a location...