ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,831,744) developed by John Swanson, Lake Oswego, Oregon, for a "stimulation lead comprising internal flex film component and method of fabrication."

The patent application was filed on April 29, 2013 (13/873,010). 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&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G& . . .