ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,340, issued on July 29, was assigned to NeuroLutions Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Brain computer interface based pain management therapy" was invented by Kern Bhugra (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Eric C. Leuthardt (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and methods are provided for conducting a pain management therapy session, which includes performing a BCI training session utilizing feedback to train a subject to generate defined brain signals to assist the subject in managing and/or relieving pain, and applying a stimulus to the subject, in connection with the BCI training session, at a location that is near the sourc...