US Patent Issued to SetPoint Medical on March 18 for "Nerve cuff with pocket for leadless stimulator" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,558, issued on March 18, was assigned to SetPoint Medical Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Nerve cuff with pocket for leadless stimulator" was invented by Michael A. Faltys (Valencia, Calif.), Roy C. Martin (Maple Grove, Minn.), Steven E. Scott (Excelsior, Minn.) and Gerald E. Loeb (South Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extravascular nerve cuff that is configured to hold a leadless, integral, implantable microstimulator. The nerve cuff may include a cuff body having a pocket or pouch for removably receiving the implantable device within. The nerve cuff can be secured around the nerve such that the electrodes of the devi...