ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,336, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EBT Medical Inc. (Toronto).
"Treatment of overactive bladder with phase-contingent pudendal nerve stimulation" was invented by Michael Sasha John (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Paul B. Yoo (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neuromodulation system includes a conductive element, a magnetic field generator, a power module and a computer processor. The conductive element located internal a patient's body. At least a portion of the conductive element is positioned adjacent to a target tissue. The magnetic field generator is positioned external to the patient's body. The magnetic field generator genera...