ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,434, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Galvanize Therapeutics Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Treatment of the reproductive tract with pulsed electric fields" was invented by Timothy J. O'Brien (Santa Clara, Calif.), Quim Castellvi (Barcelona, Spain), Luis L. Mangual Arbelo (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jonathan R. Waldstreicher (West Orange, N.J.), Seth S. Gleiman (Guilford, Conn.), Nicholas S. Mercer (San Francisco), Kevin J Taylor (San Mateo, Calif.), Robert E. Neal II (Redwood City, Calif.), William S. Krimsky (Forest Hill, Md.) and Armaan G. Vachani (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods are provided ...