ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,876, issued on April 8, was assigned to Flathead Partners LLC (Minneapolis).
"Neural blocking therapy" was invented by Mark B. Knudson (Shoreview, Minn.), Adrianus P. Donders (Andover, Minn.) and Timothy R. Conrad (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating a variety of conditions include treating a disorder associated with neural activity near a region of a brain. In such condition, the method includes placing an electrode to create a field near said region, creating said field with parameters selected to at least partially block neural activity within said field. For treatin...