US Patent Issued to Medtronic SG on May 27 for "Method and apparatus for multi modal electrical modulation of pain using composite electromagnetic fields" (Illinois, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,177, issued on May 27, was assigned to Medtronic SG LLC (Minneapolis).

"Method and apparatus for multi modal electrical modulation of pain using composite electromagnetic fields" was invented by Ricardo Vallejo (Bloomington, Ill.), David Leonardo Cedeno (Normal, Ill.), Nathan A. Torgerson (Andover, Minn.) and Brian Andrew Smith (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for managing pain uses a single composite modulation/stimulation signal with variable characteristics to achieve the same results as separate varying electromagnetic signals, including spinal cord stimulation or peripheral nerve stimulation."

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