ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,889, issued on April 22, was assigned to Autonomix Medical Inc. (Ivyland, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for neurological traffic and/or receptor functional evaluation and/or modification" was invented by Landy Toth (Doylestown, Pa.) and Robert Schwartz (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlled sympathectomy procedures for neuromodulation are disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. A guidewire including one or more sensors or electrodes for accessing and recording physiologic information from one or more anatomical sites within the parenchyma of an orga...