ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,936, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).

"Controlled neuromodulation systems and methods of use" was invented by Jignesh M. Shah (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for positioning a neuromodulation device at a treatment site and evaluating the effects of therapeutic energy delivery applied to tissue in a patient. Before, during and/or after therapeutic energy delivery, a system can monitor parameters or values relevant to efficacious neuromodulation by emitting and detecting diagnostic energy at the treatm...