ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,731, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Biostimulator having flexible circuit assembly" was invented by Wade Keller (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Thomas B. Eby (Mountain View, Calif.), Sean McKenna (Belmont, Calif.) and Brett C. Villavicencio (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that ...