ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,180, issued on May 27, was assigned to Newronika S.p.A. (Milan).

"Systems and methods for adaptive deep brain stimulation" was invented by Mattia Arlotti (Monza Brianza, Italy) and Lorenzo Rossi (Trento, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some variations provided herein, a system for deep brain stimulation includes an implantable device that acquire and store neural activity signal records and apply electrical stimulation. The system further includes a personal controller device that establishes a first wireless connection to the implantable device. The personal controller device transmits power to the implantable device, and th...