ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,918, issued on June 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for lead movement detection and response in DBS therapy" was invented by G. Karl Steinke (Valencia, Calif.), Manoj Vasantharaj (Valencia, Calif.), Raul Enrique Serrano Carmona (Venice, Calif.) and Mahsa Malekmohammadi (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting if a stimulation lead implanted in a patient's brain has moved. Lead movement occurring between a first time and a second time may be determined by comparing features extracted from evoked potentials recorded at the...