ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,161, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hemisphere Medical LLC (Chestnut Hill, Mass.).

"Subdural sound with a receiving channel" was invented by James Kryzanski (Chestnut Hill, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices, electrodes, systems, methods, and other implementations, including a subdural sound that includes an elongated body configured to be placed within a subdural space of a brain area of a patient, with the elongated body defining a receiving channel to receive a displaceable electrode to be tangentially placed at a target site in the subdural space. The subdural sound further includes a curved tip at a di...