US Patent Issued to SetPoint Medical on May 6 for "Neural stimulation devices and systems for treatment of chronic inflammation" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,695, issued on May 6, was assigned to SetPoint Medical Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Neural stimulation devices and systems for treatment of chronic inflammation" was invented by Michael A. Faltys (Valencia, Calif.), Jesse M. Simon (Los Angeles) and Yiming Liu (Woburn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating chronic inflammation may include an implantable microstimulator, a wearable charger, and optionally an external controller. The implantable microstimulator may be implemented as a leadless neurostimulator implantable in communication with a cervical region of a vagus nerve. The microstimulator can address several ...