ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,461, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Neuraxis Inc. (Versailles, Ind.).

"Auricular peripheral nerve field stimulator and method of operating same" was invented by Christopher R. Brown (Greensburg, Ind.) and Gary M. Peterson (Versailles, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auricular peripheral nerve field stimulator may include at least one therapy electrode configured for percutaneous insertion into an auricle of a human ear near at least one neurovascular bundle located therein, and an electrical stimulation device electrically coupled to the electrical stimulation device, the electrical stimulation device programmed to generat...