US Patent Issued to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems on Dec. 9 for "Methods of implanting a stimulation lead for stimulation of a dorsal root ganglion" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,002, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Methods of implanting a stimulation lead for stimulation of a dorsal root ganglion" was invented by Matthew K. Dion (Dallas) and T. J. Baggett (Murphy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method of implanting a stimulation lead to stimulate a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of a patient, comprises: placing a distal portion of the stimulation lead within an implant tool; accessing the epidural space of the patient with the distal end of the implant tool; contacting a surface of a pedicle of the patient with a distal tip of the...