ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,705, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Nevro Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Efficient use of an implantable pulse generator battery, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Jon Parker (Portland, Ore.), Bret Foreman (Redwood City, Calif.), Jason Aaron Sutor (Redwood City, Calif.) and Sean Knudsen (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for the efficient use of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) battery are disclosed. A representative system for adjusting an electrical signal of an IPG associated with delivering therapy to a patient comprises a computer readable medium having instructions...