ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 2 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,816,242) developed by Ken McGiboney, Frisco, Texas, for a "method of fabricating implantable pulse generator using wire connections to feedthrough structures and implantable pulse generators."

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/076,858). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1& . . .