ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,770, issued on April 14, was assigned to Axonics Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Energy efficient electrical pulse generating device" was invented by Pete Peterson (Irvine, Calif.) and Steve Wood (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to another disclosed embodiment, an energy efficient implantable neurostimulator for delivering one or more electrical pulses to a target region within a patient's body is provided. The neurostimulator includes a converter for generating the stimulation current, wherein the converter includes a voltage increasing circuit and a voltage reducing circuit. The stimulator may also include a curren...