US Patent Issued to ReShape Lifesciences on June 17 for "High-frequency low duty cycle patterns for nerual regulation" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,972, issued on June 17, was assigned to ReShape Lifesciences Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"High-frequency low duty cycle patterns for nerual regulation" was invented by Jonathan J. Waataja (Plymouth, Minn.) and Adrianus P. Donders (Andover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of downregulating and/or upregulating neural activity by applying a high frequency alternating current electrical signal to a nerve in a subject is disclosed. The signal comprises more than one microsecond cycle comprising one or more periods, each period comprising a charge recharge phase, and optionally, a pulse delay, each period having a frequency of at...