ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,824, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cala Health Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Systems, methods and devices for peripheral neuromodulation" was invented by Serena HanYing Wong (Palo Alto, Calif.), Kathryn H. Rosenbluth (San Francisco), Samuel Richard Hamner (San Francisco), Peter Lin (San Jose, Calif.) and Benjamin Pless (Burlingame, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, systems and methods can include a wearable device with an electrically conductive skin interface that excites the underlying nerves from a transcutaneous surface stimulator. The device may be sized for a range of user sizes with stimulation elect...