ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,932, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Sound Health Systems Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).

"Applying predetermined sound to provide therapy" was invented by Paramesh Gopi (Los Altos, Calif.), Bryant Lin (Los Altos, Calif.) and Peter Hwang (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and device for providing sound-based therapies to a user. The system, method, and device employ an initial measurement about a user (either or both distances on said user's head or recorded sound), a determination of a resonant frequency, and a wearable actuator affixed on said user's person with the ability to provide a unique resonant fr...