US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on May 19 for "External neurostimulator" (California, Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,518, issued on May 19, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"External neurostimulator" was invented by Apratim Dixit (Redwood City, Calif.), Ivan Tzvetanov (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii), Cameron Karamian (Coto de Caza, Calif.) and Ivan Wei Tai Lin (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external neurostimulator includes a housing including a base housing and a top housing, a power source, a pulse generator, and a first and second series of spring-loaded pins electrically coupled to the pulse generator. The top housing includes a central portion, a first side door hingedly coupled to a first side of the central por...