US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Feb. 24 for "Dorsal root ganglion stimulation in influencing organ function" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,546, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Dorsal root ganglion stimulation in influencing organ function" was invented by Lilian Kornet (Berg en Terblijt, Netherlands), Richard Cornelussen (Maastricht, Netherlands), Mirko De Melis (Maastricht, Netherlands), Berthold Stegemann (Kassel, Germany) and Jules Hamers (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are directed to influencing organ function by stimulating the dorsal root ganglion. Systems include at least one electrode to deliver electrical stimulation to the dorsal root ganglion to activate afferent nerves innervating at least one org...