ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,333, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Nevro Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Electrical therapy applied to the brain with increased efficacy and/or decreased undesirable side effects, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Satinderpall Singh Pannu (Redwood City, Calif.) and Bradford Evan Gliner (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical therapy applied to the brain with increased efficacy and/or decreased undesirable side effects, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed. A representative method includes applying a therapy signal to a patient, via at least one electrode at a subdural or epidural...