ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,728, issued on June 30, was assigned to Axonics Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Electromyographic lead positioning and stimulation titration in a nerve stimulation system for treatment of overactive bladder" was invented by Guangqiang Jiang (Irvine, Calif.), John Woock (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Dennis Schroeder (Irvine, Calif.) and Eric Schmid (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides improved methods for positioning of an implantable lead in a patient with an integrated EMG and stimulation clinician programmer. The integrated clinician programmer is coupled to the implantable lead, wherein the implantable lea...