ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,694, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Adaptive deep brain stimulation using homeostatic window" was invented by Scott R. Stanslaski (Shoreview, Minn.), Thomas Adamski (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Duane L. Bourget (Andover, Minn.), Timothy J. Denison (Oxford, Great Britain), Benjamin P. Isaacson (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Eric J. Panken (Edina, Minn.) and Jeffrey Herron (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for defining a homeostatic window for controlling delivery of electrical stimulation therapy to a patient. In one example, a method includes generating and delivering electrical st...