ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,505, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STIMVIA S.R.O. (Ostrava-Pustkovec, Czech Republic).

"Neuromodulation apparatus" was invented by Lukas Doskocil (Chocen, Czech Republic) and Zdenek Krcil (Pardubice, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neuromodulation apparatus and method of using the same. The neuromodulation apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes each of the plurality of electrodes having an electrically conductive element applicable to or under a skin of a patient, a pulse generator electrically connected to each of the plurality of electrodes for transmitting electrical pulses to the plurality of electrodes...