ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,428, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Saluda Medical Pty Ltd (Macquarie Park, Australia) and Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).
"Implantable neural stimulation device" was invented by Federica Fernandez (Montevideo, Uruguay), Luis Daniel Villamil (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Andrew Hancock (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable neural stimulation device is provided, comprising a body containing stimulation electronics, and a battery to provide stimulation energy, a lid, coupled to the body, the lid configured to at least partially seal the body and a header coupled to the body of the device. The header comprises a...