ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,558, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Ratiometric control for electrical stimulation" was invented by David A. Dinsmoor (North Oaks, Minn.), Kristin N. Hageman (Dayton, Minn.), Hank T. Bink (Golden Valley, Minn.) and Christopher L. Pulliam (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and techniques for adjusting electrical stimulation based on a posture state of a patient are described. For example, processing circuitry is configured to receive an input from a user adjusting an informed stimulation parameter that at least partially defines a plurality of informed pulses, determine...