US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Aug. 4 for "Variation of stimulation location in an electrode array in a spinal cord stimulation system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,494, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Variation of stimulation location in an electrode array in a spinal cord stimulation system" was invented by Tianhe Zhang (Studio City, Calif.) and Que T. Doan (West Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "External system software is disclosed that automatically varies the location at which stimulation is applied to the patient in an Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG). Location variation occurs in an area defined with reference to the electrode array, and may occur randomly or via pre-defined path within the area. Preferably the are...