ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,520, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring stimulation drift in an electrical stimulation system" was invented by Thomas Gaviao Kilmar (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring stimulation drift includes directing electrical stimulation through electrodes of a lead, wherein a selection of one or more electrodes and a stimulation amplitude for each of the one or more selected electrodes determines a stimulation position, wherein user programming of an implantable control module initially selects a primary stimula...