ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,786, issued on Oct. 7.
"Hiccup remedy" was invented by Anand A. Mandyam (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-pharmaceutical hiccup remedy device that makes use of known treatments for hiccups but in a novel way is described. The device is a drinking cup with an extension that applies a cold finger extension to the cheek of the hiccup sufferer user simultaneous to drinking from the cup. The device has been found by the inventor to provide rapid alleviation of hiccups without the discomfort of prior solutions and without the side effects of pharmaceutical treatments for hiccups. The device can be sized and/or, in some embodim...