US Patent Issued to Electrocore on July 22 for "Devices and methods for non-invasive nerve stimulation" (Florida, Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,856, issued on July 22, was assigned to Electrocore Inc. (Rockaway, N.J.).

"Devices and methods for non-invasive nerve stimulation" was invented by Bruce J. Simon (Wellfleet, Mass.), Joseph P. Errico (Lake Worth, Fla.) and John T. Raffle (Rockport, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for the non-invasive stimulation of nerves, such as the vagus nerve, include a housing and an electrode coupled to the housing. The electrode is configured to be positioned adjacent to, or in contact with, an outer skin surface of a patient. A source of energy is coupled to the housing and operably coupled to the electrode. The sourc...