ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,176, issued on May 27, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Implantable lead location using ECAP" was invented by David A. Dinsmoor (North Oaks, Minn.) and Andrew L. Schmeling (Holmen, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, methods, and techniques are described for using evoked compound action potential (ECAP) signals to determine an implant location for a lead. An example method includes receiving first information representative of a first evoked compound action potential (ECAP) signal sensed in response to a first control stimulus delivered to a first location adjacent to a spinal cord of a patient. The me...