ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,963, issued on June 17, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"Anatomically contoured stimulation leads for high density neural interface" was invented by Bo Lu (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Ken Rys (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to implantable neuromodulation devices and methods of fabrication, and in particular to anatomically contoured spinal cord stimulation leads for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the stimulation leads. Particularly, aspects are directed to a thin film lead assembly that includes a cable having: a first s...