US Patent Issued to SetPoint Medical on Aug. 12 for "Systems and methods for stimulating and/or monitoring loci in the brain to treat inflammation and to enhance vagus nerve stimulation" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,741, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SetPoint Medical Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for stimulating and/or monitoring loci in the brain to treat inflammation and to enhance vagus nerve stimulation" was invented by Jacob A. Levine (West Hempstead, N.Y.) and Michael A. Faltys (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and systems for using EEG recordings to improve vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy. In particular, described herein are methods and systems for using EEG recordings to detect P300 and/or activation of the nucleus basalis and/or the locus coeruleus to determine the ...