ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,099, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Cartis Neuro Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems, apparatuses, and methods for facilitating electrode placement for spinal cord stimulation" was invented by Rahul Gole (Plainsboro, N.J.), Sam Perlmutter (McMurray, Pa.) and Karthik Seshan (Ossining, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods described herein facilitate the placement of spinal cord stimulator (SCS) electrode in relationship to neural tissue of the spinal cord based on electromyography (EMG) data. The systems, apparatuses, and methods are designed to assist physicians and surgeons target specific neuroph...