US Patent Issued to Encora on June 3 for "Apparatus and method for reduction of neurological movement disorder symptoms using wearable device" (Massachusetts, Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,342, issued on June 3, was assigned to Encora Inc. (Boston).

"Apparatus and method for reduction of neurological movement disorder symptoms using wearable device" was invented by Daniel Carballo (Boston), Kyle Pina (Somerville, Mass.), Allison Davanzo (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) and Trang Luu (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimodal wearable band uses mechanical vibrations to stimulate sensory neurons in the wrist or ankle to reduce the severity of tremors, rigidity, involuntary muscle contractions, and bradykinesia caused by neurological movement disorders and to free users from freezing induced by movement disorders. The ...