US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on March 3 for "Neuroanatomy-based search to optimize trajectory selection during DBS targeting" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,495, issued on March 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Neuroanatomy-based search to optimize trajectory selection during DBS targeting" was invented by Mahsa Malekmohammadi (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Lisa Moore (Glendale, Calif.), G. Karl Steinke (Valencia, Calif.) and Raul Serrano Carmona (Venice, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for planning a trajectory for implanting electrical stimulation leads in a patient's brain are described. The methods and systems rank candidate trajectories based on their expected therapeutic efficacies, as well as other criteria. Optimiz...