ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,178, issued on May 27, was assigned to CHECKPOINT SURGICAL INC. (Cleveland).
"Nerve regeneration system and method" was invented by Kevin Scanlan (Cleveland), Eric R. Walker (Berea, Ohio) and Leonard M. Cosentino (Hudson, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stimulation device includes an adaptor component. The adaptor component couples a percutaneous lead to the stimulation device. The stimulation device may apply a stimulation signal to target tissue via the adaptor. A surgeon may place the stimulation device in a container and the adaptor component may be disposed outside of the container. Methods describe prolonged stimulation o...