ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,839, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Valencia, Calif.).
"Implantable medical device having an inertial sensing unit" was invented by Brian Shelton (Ventura, Calif.), Brian Mech (Buffalo, Minn.) and Sahar Elyahoodayan (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stimulation system configured to be implanted in a patient includes an implantable pulse generator (IPG) and an implantable lead system. The IPG includes a processor, a memory device, a power supply, and an inertial sensing unit configured to measure one or more physiological indicators of the patient. The implantable ...