ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,510, issued on April 8, was assigned to Newronika S.p.A. (Milan).

"Apparatus and method for treating neurological disorders" was invented by Mattia Arlotti (Rimini, Italy), Alberto Priori (Borgo Virgilio, Italy) and Lorenzo Rossi (Trento, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an apparatus for treating neurological disorders comprising (i) at least one electrode implantable in the brain of a patient and (ii) a processing and stimulation device connected to the at least one electrode, wherein the processing and stimulation device comprises (a) at least one stimulation module adapted to generate a stimulati...