US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Aug. 5 for "Circuitry to assist with neural sensing in an implantable stimulator device in the presence of stimulation artifacts" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,273, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Circuitry to assist with neural sensing in an implantable stimulator device in the presence of stimulation artifacts" was invented by Pujitha Weerakoon (Valencia, Calif.) and Goran N. Marnfeldt (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sense amplifier (amp) circuitry for an implantable stimulator device is disclosed useful for sensing neural responses or other voltages in a patient's tissue. The sense amp circuitry comprises a low-voltage and a high-voltage sense amp circuit, either of which may be selected based on an assessment...