US Patent Issued to ADAPTOGENICS TECHNOLOGIES on Oct. 14 for "Devices, systems and methods for auricular acupuncture" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,422, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ADAPTOGENICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Annapolis, Md.).

"Devices, systems and methods for auricular acupuncture" was invented by Peter G. Marinakis (Edgewater, Md.) and Paul Jorgensen (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to devices, systems and methods for auricular acupuncture. The devices suitably include an ear retention device that substantially contacts a patient's auricular surface, so as to allow sufficient energy from an optical or electric source to stimulate auricular acupuncture sites. The devices and systems are useful in various methods of treatmen...