ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,624, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Portable transcutaneous magnetic stimulator and systems and methods of use thereof" was invented by Albert Leung (La Jolla, Calif.) and Shiv Shukla (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transcutaneous magnetic stimulation (tMS) device is provided for modulating nerve function and chronic pain management, and includes a tMS stimulator, a control module in wired and powered communication with the tMS stimulator, and a portable electronic device in wireless communication with the control module to receive, generate and tr...