US Patent Issued to The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research on June 16 for "Electrode leads having nerve cuffs and associated systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,002, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research (Valencia, Calif.).

"Electrode leads having nerve cuffs and associated systems and methods" was invented by Hemang Trivedi (Valencia, Calif.), William Andrew Brandt (Castaic, Calif.), Sahar Elyahoodayan (Los Angeles) and Christopher Reed Jenney (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode lead includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a cuff body, with a front layer and a rear layer, affixed to the distal end of the lead body and a plurality of electrically conductive members located between...