ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,370, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Axonics Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for remote programming of implanted neurostimulation systems" was invented by John Woock (Irvine, Calif.), Rinda Sama (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Prabodh Mathur (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Charles Borlase (Lake Forest, Calif.), Faizal Abdeen (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Guangqiang Jiang (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for facilitating remote programming of an implanted neurostimulation device are provided herein. Such methods include establishing communication between an implanted pulse generator of the neurostimulati...