US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on March 25 for "Implantable and non-invasive stimulators for gastrointestinal therapeutics" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,432, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Implantable and non-invasive stimulators for gastrointestinal therapeutics" was invented by Yi-Kai Lo (Los Angeles) and Wentai Liu (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for implementation of a disposable miniaturized implant for treatment of Post-Operative Ileums (POI), a miniaturized implant for treating chronic GI dysmotility (e.g., dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), nausea, functional dyspepsia, blockage of transit, and gastroparesis, inflammatory bowel disease) and obesity, by providi...