ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,610, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ElectroCore Inc. (Rockaway, N.J.).
"Systems and methods for treating blood clots with nerve stimulation" was invented by Joseph P. Errico (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Bruce J. Simon (Santa Fe, N.M.), Peter Staats (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) and Thomas Errico (Coral Gables, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for treating blood clots associated with a replicating pathogen, such as a virus in the coronaviridae family. The methods include emitting an electrical impulse near a vagus nerve within the patient sufficient to inhibit or reduce an inflammatory or allergic respo...