US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA on April 8 for "Apparatus and methods for maintaining physiological functions" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,878, issued on April 8, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, Canada).

"Apparatus and methods for maintaining physiological functions" was invented by Aaron Phillips (Calgary, Canada), Andrei Krassioukov (Vancouver, Canada) and Jordan Squair (Surrey, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and algorithm for controlling an autonomic function in an individual. A controller device that utilizes physiological measurements (such as blood pressure) to regulate spinal cord electrical stimulation to stabilize blood pressure. A control interface and algorithm for controlling an autonomic function in a subject. ...