ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,865, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Neuraxis Inc. (Carmel, Ind.).

"External auditory canal photobiomodulation and audio therapy device" was invented by Christopher R. Brown (Greensburg, Ind.) and Mark T. Volz (Batesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photobiomodulation and audio therapy device may include a housing configured to be inserted into an external auditory meatus of a human ear, at least one irradiation source coupled to the housing, at least one speaker carried by the, and an electrical circuit carried by the housing and electrically connected to the at least one irradiation source and to the at least one spea...