US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on June 23 for "Dual purpose inductors for implantable medical devices and associated systems and methods" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,119, issued on June 23, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Dual purpose inductors for implantable medical devices and associated systems and methods" was invented by Anthony Pantages (San Jose, Calif.), Peter Andriola (Castro Valley, Calif.), Brian Fahey (Menlo Park, Calif.), Scott Robertson (Portland, Ore.), Miles Alexander (Fremont, Calif.) and Soane Eke (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to implantable medical devices comprising an electrical circuit for powering one or more active components of the device, such as an actuation element, an engine, or a ...