US Patent Issued to IOTA BIOSCIENCES on April 15 for "Devices and methods for modulating immune system activity in a cancer patient and treating cancer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,877, issued on April 15, was assigned to IOTA BIOSCIENCES INC. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for modulating immune system activity in a cancer patient and treating cancer" was invented by Jose M. Carmena (Alameda, Calif.), Michel M. Maharbiz (El Cerrito, Calif.), Ryan Neely (El Cerrito, Calif.), Joshua Kay (Oakland, Calif.) and Giana Montero Garnier (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and devices for monitoring or modulating an immune system in a subject with cancer, and methods and devices for treating a cancer in a subject. The implanted device can electrically stimulate the spleni...