ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,260, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Discure Technologies Ltd. (Herzliya, Israel).
"Electroosmotic tissue treatment" was invented by Yossi Gross (Moshav Mazor, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus is provided that includes a first electrode, configured to be implanted at a first anatomical site in a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc of a subject, and a second electrode, configured to be implanted at a second anatomical site outside the nucleus pulposus of the disc. A control unit is configured to detect a pressure difference between the first and the second anatomical sites by detecting a streaming voltage betw...