ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,355, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ElectroCore Inc. (Rockaway, N.J.).

"Stimulator for use with a software application" was invented by Joseph P. Errico (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Steven Mendez (Chester, N.J.) and Bruce J. Simon (Santa Fe, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods are disclosed that allow a patient to self-treat a medical condition, such as migraine headache, by electrical non-invasive stimulation of a nerve, such as the trigeminal nerve. A system comprises one or more electrodes configured for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient and a stimulator coupled to the one or more electr...