US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Feb. 17 for "Selective stimulation of peripheral nerves" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,702, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Selective stimulation of peripheral nerves" was invented by Michael Moffitt (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for providing peripheral nerve stimulation are disclosed. Stimulation is delivered to a trunk of the nerve using electrodes configured at different circumferential locations about the nerve. Action potentials evoked by the stimulation within branches of the nerve are measured to map neural element within the trunk to the branches. The mapping can inform the selection of stimulation parameters that...