US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 24 for "System for nerve modulation and innocuous thermal gradient nerve block" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,576, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"System for nerve modulation and innocuous thermal gradient nerve block" was invented by Roger N Hastings (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Mark L. Jenson (Greenfield, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for nerve and tissue modulation are disclosed. An example system may include a first elongate element having a distal end and a proximal end and having at least one nerve modulation element disposed adjacent the distal end. The nerve modulation element may be positioned or moveable to target a particular target region. The nerve modulation ele...