ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,638, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NEURONANO AB (Karlshamn, Sweden).
"Method and system for improving stimulation of excitable tissue" was invented by Jens Schouenborg (Lund, Sweden) and Hjalmar Bjartmarz (Hollviken, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for optimization of a stimulation specificity of implanted electrodes in excitable tissue of a patient; wherein it comprises the step of electrical stimulation of excitable tissue between one or more combinations of electrode pairs in a cluster of electrodes, or electrical stimulation between one or more combinations of electrode pairs in two or more clusters of electro...