US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on April 22 for "Precise targeting in a spinal cord stimulation system" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,257, issued on April 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Precise targeting in a spinal cord stimulation system" was invented by Ismael Huertas Fernandez (Seville, Spain) and Que T. Doan (West Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed to permit a patient to use his external controller to move the location of stimulation in an implantable stimulator system. The external controller can be programmed with a steering algorithm, which prompts the patient to enter certain data regarding their symptoms (e.g., pain), such as pain scores and stimulation coverage. ...