ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,538, issued on July 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Linking and concurrent steering of multiple pole configurations in a spinal cord stimulation system" was invented by Michael A. Moffitt (Solon, Ohio) and Que T. Doan (West Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Software for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for use in a clinician programmer for programming an implantable pulse generator (IPG) or external trial stimulator (ETS) is disclosed. A user may define in the GUI multiple pole configurations (e.g., monopoles, bipoles, etc.) which may be used independently to provide...