ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,252, issued on March 31, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Connector assembly with capacitive contacts for an electrical stimulation system and methods of making and using" was invented by Kiran K. Gururaj (Valencia, Calif.), Thomas Paul Lopez (Sunland, Calif.) and Cristina Romany (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical stimulation lead includes a lead body having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion; electrodes disposed along the distal end portion; terminals disposed along the proximal end portion; and conductors extending within the lead body and electrical...