US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Feb. 11 for "Methods and systems for deep brain stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,583, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for deep brain stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert" was invented by Michael A. Moffitt (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of stimulating the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) includes implanting an electrical stimulation lead in a lateral-to-medial trajectory into a brain of a patient, wherein the electrical stimulation lead includes electrodes and at least one of the electrodes is disposed adjacent to or within the NBM of the patient; and delivering electrical stimulation to the NBM thro...