ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,543, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Nalu Medical Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Apparatus for peripheral or spinal stimulation" was invented by Daniel Pivonka (Del Mar, Calif.), Anatoly Yakovlev (Santa Clara, Calif.), Michael J. Partsch (San Mateo, Calif.), Lee Fason Hartley (Carlsbad, Calif.), James C. Makous (Carlsbad, Calif.), Brett Daniel Schleicher (San Francisco) and Lakshmi Narayan Mishra (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of treating a patient comprising providing a medical apparatus comprising an external system and an implantable system, implanting the implantable system, and deliver...