ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,275, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NEUROTONE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (Bentleigh, Australia).

"Medical treatment device and method of operation thereof" was invented by Brendan Atkin (Bentleigh, Australia) and Allison Atkin (Bentleigh, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a system for providing transcutaneous electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve of an individual comprising: an electrode unit mountable within the auricle of the individual and having at least a first electrode and a second electrode for applying the transcutaneous electrical stimulation at the cymba conchae and the tragus of the individual's aur...