US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Oct. 21 for "System and method for adaptive neural stimulation" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,346, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"System and method for adaptive neural stimulation" was invented by Luca A. Annecchino (London), Que Doan (West Hills, Calif.), Rosana Esteller (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Matthew McDonald (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for providing electrical stimulation to a patient's spinal cord using electrode leads implanted in the patient's spinal column are described. Embodiments involve cycling between durations during which stimulation is actively applied and durations when no stimulation is applied. The ...