ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,772, issued on April 14, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Selection of sensing electrodes in a spinal cord stimulator system using sensed stimulation artifacts" was invented by Tianhe Zhang (Studio City, Calif.), Rosana Esteller (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Thomas W. Stouffer (Chatsworth, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing electrode selection algorithm is disclosed for use with an implantable pulse generator having an electrode array. The algorithm automatically selects optimal sensing electrodes in the array to be used with a pre-determined stimulation therapy appropriate for ...