US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Sept. 9 for "Automatic lead identification using electric field fingerprinting" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,315, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Automatic lead identification using electric field fingerprinting" was invented by David K.L. Peterson (Novato, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, programmer for a neurostimulator, and neurostimulation kit are provided. The kit comprises a neurostimulator, and a plurality of elongated lead bodies configured for being coupled to the neurostimulator, each having a plurality of proximal contacts and a plurality of distal electrodes respectively electrically coupled to the proximal contacts, wherein an in-line connectivity b...