ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,956, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for monitoring or assessing movement disorders or other physiological parameters using a stimulation system" was invented by Lisa Denise Moore (Glendale, Calif.), Andrew James Haddock (Los Angeles) and Adarsh Jayakumar (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical stimulation systems and methods for operation of the electrical stimulation system are described. The method includes directing electrical stimulation through the electrodes of the lead and monitoring movements of a hand positioned over an i...