ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,615, issued on April 29, was assigned to LivaNova USA Inc. (Houston).

"Neurostimulation titration process via adaptive parametric modification" was invented by Imad Libbus (St. Paul, Minn.), Bruce H. KenKnight (Maple Grove, Minn.), Badri Amurthur (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Scott R. Stubbs (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for delivering neurostimulation therapies to patients. A titration process is used to gradually increase the stimulation intensity to a desired therapeutic level. Between titration sessions one or more parameters, such as, for example, an acclimation interval, may be adj...