ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,167, issued on May 13, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).
"Systems and methods for controlling against aneurysm formation, growth and rupture, and improving post-rupture outcomes" was invented by Cenk Ayata (Sudbury, Mass.) and Aman B. Patel (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method is provided for improving the patient outcome for a subject having an aneurysm. The method includes determining that the subject has the aneurysm, positioning a vagus nerve stimulation system on the subject, the vagus nerve stimulation system being configured to provide an electrical stimulation to the vagus ne...