US Patent Issued to Coloplast on Jan. 20 for "Method of implanting a nerve stimulation device in treating an overactive bladder condition" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,955, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Method of implanting a nerve stimulation device in treating an overactive bladder condition" was invented by Alan Ostroff (Minneapolis) and Peter Jacobson (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of implanting a nerve stimulation device in treating an overactive bladder condition includes providing an external programmer and providing an implantable tibial nerve stimulation device (ITNS device) including a pulse generator enclosing circuitry and a lead coupling an electrode assembly to the pulse generator. The external programmer wirelessly commu...