ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,442, issued on March 25, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Computer-assisted pain mapping and neuromodulation system" was invented by Matthew Lee McDonald (Glendale, Calif.), Benjamin Phillip Hahn (Austin, Texas), Kyle Harish Srivastava (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Amarpreet Singh Bains (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discusses systems, devices, and methods for computer-assisted pain or paresthesia assessment and pain management in a subject. A system includes a programming aid device including a user interface, a transceiver circuit to receive information about pai...