US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on May 19 for "Implantable medical device without a wire-wound coil configured to receive wireless power from an external charger" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,527, issued on May 19, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Implantable medical device without a wire-wound coil configured to receive wireless power from an external charger" was invented by Joey Chen (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) and Daniel Aghassian (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable medical devices (IMDs) are disclosed which are capable of wirelessly receiving power from a magnetic field to power the IMD or charge its battery, but which do not use a wire-wound coil for magnetic field reception. The IMD can include a case housing control circuitry for the IMD, in which a...