US Patent Issued to SPARK BIOMEDICAL on June 3 for "Controlling or reducing stress using auricular neurostimulation" (California, Oregon, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,604, issued on June 3, was assigned to SPARK BIOMEDICAL INC. (Dallas).

"Controlling or reducing stress using auricular neurostimulation" was invented by Alejandro Covalin (Los Angeles), Navid Khodaparast (Dallas) and Melanie McWade (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for controlling or reducing stress levels includes an ear-mounted device having an earpiece for positioning over a wearer's ear contacting tissue regions surrounding the ear, and electrodes for delivering non-piercing neurostimulation, with first electrode(s) arranged on a first surface of the earpiece to contact a fi...