US Patent Issued to RESHAPE LIFESCIENCES on May 27 for "Simultaneous multi-site vagus nerve neuromodulation for improved glycemic control system and methods" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,174, issued on May 27, was assigned to RESHAPE LIFESCIENCES INC. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Simultaneous multi-site vagus nerve neuromodulation for improved glycemic control system and methods" was invented by Jonathan James Waataja (Plymouth, Minn.) and Raj Nihalani (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and apparatus for treating a condition associated with impaired glucose regulation in a subject comprising in one embodiment, applying a neural conduction block to a target nerve at a blocking site with the neural conduction block selected to at least partially block nerve pulses. In another embodiment, combination...