ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,358, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Salvia BioElectronics B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method of operating an electrical stimulation device with two or more stimulation energy supplies, and a stimulating device" was invented by Daniel Schobben (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Hubert Martens (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Stephen Mark Gee (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Koen Weijand (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conventional devices deliver a degree of electrical charge into biological tissues; to satisfy regulatory and safety concerns, measures are taken to maintain a zero-charge residual at the stimulation site.Disc...