US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Oct. 6 for "Automated selection of electrodes and stimulation parameters in a deep brain stimulation system employing directional leads" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,116, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Automated selection of electrodes and stimulation parameters in a deep brain stimulation system employing directional leads" was invented by Lisa Moore (Glendale, Calif.), Richard Mustakos (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Leon Juarez Paz (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programming algorithm is disclosed to efficiently select stimulation parameters for a patient having a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) implant, which is especially useful in optimizing stimulation when the DBS implant includes a directional lead capable of providing simula...