US Patent Issued to Spark Biomedical on Aug. 19 for "Electrical stimulation methods and devices for improving blood management" (California, New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,640, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Spark Biomedical Inc. (Dallas).

"Electrical stimulation methods and devices for improving blood management" was invented by Alejandro Covalin (Los Angeles), Christopher Czura (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) and Navid Khodaparast (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an illustrative embodiment, methods and system for increasing coagulation potential and/or triggering a higher platelet activation rate in a subject via auricular neurostimulation include contacting skin of the subject with one or more therapeutic electrodes, each electrode positioned in a respective region of nerve structures of the auricul...