ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,803, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Sync pulse detector" was invented by Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Ky.), Yangsheng Chen (Louisville, Ky.), Douglas J. Jackson (New Albany, Ind.), Manikandan Ravi (Louisville, Ky.) and Claudia Angeli (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices and methods used with neurostimulation therapy for spinal cord injury. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to a sync pulse detector and methods for synchronizing signals from an implanted neurostimulator with measured physiologica...