ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,838,255) developed by John W. Swanson, Portland, Oregon, and Christopher S.L. Crawford, Frisco, Texas, for an "assembly kit for creating paddle-style lead from one or several percutaneous leads and method of lead implantation."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,210). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parse . . .