ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,358, issued on March 3, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for remote programming of, and other follow-up capabilities with, leadless pacemakers" was invented by Reza Shahandeh (Tarzana, Calif.), Gabriel Mouchawar (Valencia, Calif.), Mostafa Sadeghi (Los Angeles), Matthew G. Fishler (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Suresh Gurunathan (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Benjamin T. Persson (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods, devices, and systems that enable a remote non-implantable device (RNID) to send commands to a leadless pacemaker (LP) implanted within a patient. The RNID ...