ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,611, issued on April 29, was assigned to Nevro Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Spinal cord modulation for inducing paresthetic and anesthetic effects, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Konstantinos Alataris (Belmont, Calif.), Andre B. Walker (Monte Sereno, Calif.) and Jon Parker (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Spinal cord modulation for inducing paresthetic and anesthetic effects, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative method in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure includes creating a therapeutic effect and a sensation in a patient by delivering to the patient firs...