US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Oct. 21 for "Functional ultrasound imaging for spinal cord stimulation electrode guidance and stimulation parameter optimization" (Minnesota, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,970, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Functional ultrasound imaging for spinal cord stimulation electrode guidance and stimulation parameter optimization" was invented by Riazul Islam (Rochester, Minn.), Igor A. Lavrov (Rochester, Minn.), Shigao Chen (Rochester, Minn.) and Pengfei Song (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Functional ultrasound imaging ("fUS") is used to facilitate the placement of electrodes for spinal cord stimulation and to optimize and update stimulation parameters for spinal cord stimulation devices."

The patent was filed on Sep...