ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,139, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Bloomington, Ind.).

"System and method for non-invasively monitoring autonomic nerve activity" was invented by Peng-Sheng Chen (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for monitoring and/or controlling nerve activity in a subject are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes electrodes configured to be placed proximate to a subject's skin, and a signal detector configured to detect electrical signals using the electrodes. The system also includes a signal processor configured to receive the electrical signals to gener...