US Patent Issued to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems on July 8 for "Methods for fabricating segmented electrodes" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,487, issued on July 8, was assigned to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Methods for fabricating segmented electrodes" was invented by Ted Alfonso (Frisco, Texas), Steve Wheeler (Duncanville, Texas) and Jeff Urbanski (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating a segmented electrode is provided. The method includes performing a series of progressive die stamping operations on a foil sheet of material to form an initial electrode, and removing portions of the initial electrode using a centerless grinding process to form a segmented electrode including a plurality of circumferentially space...