ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,009, issued on April 1, was assigned to Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc. (Cleveland).

"Movement disorder continuous monitoring and therapy system" was invented by Joseph P. Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio), Dustin A. Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and Thomas O. Mera (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a treatment delivery system for treating a subject in response to changes in the severity of a subject's symptoms. The present invention further provi...