ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,253, issued on March 31, was assigned to Axonics Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method for aligning a charger for an implanted medical device" was invented by Rinda Sama (Irvine, Calif.) and Faizal Abdeen (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for improving alignment of a charging device with an implanted medical device are disclosed herein. The system can include an external charging device that communicates one or more charge parameters during charging to a user device having an alignment feature that is embodied in a software application that displays a real-time charging efficiency...