ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,069, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cadwell Laboratories Inc. (Kennewick, Wash.).

"Systems and methods of electrode switching for neurophysiological sensing and stimulation" was invented by Rose Rehfeldt (Kennewick, Wash.), Ethan Rhodes (Benton City, Wash.), Richard A. Villarreal (West Richland, Wash.), Wayne Dearing (Kennewick, Wash.) and James Wadsworth (West Des Moines, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated switch matrix for a medical device system used for long-term monitoring of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and mapping of the brain through cortical stimulation is configured to switch functions of various el...