US Patent Issued to SPR Therapeutics on June 3 for "Apparatus and method for positioning, implanting and using a stimulation lead" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,609, issued on June 3, was assigned to SPR Therapeutics Inc. (Cleveland).

"Apparatus and method for positioning, implanting and using a stimulation lead" was invented by Joseph W. Boggs (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Amorn Wongsarnpigoon (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Matthew G. Debock (Morrisville, N.C.), Meredith J. McGee (Cary, N.C.), Devin Sell (Brecksville, Ohio), Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio), Joey Groszek (Cleveland) and Nathan D. Crosby (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An introducing device for locating a tissue region and deploying an electrode is shown and described. The introducing device may include an outer sheath. An ...