US Patent Issued to Valencia Bioscience on March 18 for "Methods and systems for treating hypertension using an implantable stimulator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,555, issued on March 18, was assigned to Valencia Bioscience Inc. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for treating hypertension using an implantable stimulator" was invented by Jeffrey H. Greiner (Valencia, Calif.), David K. L. Peterson (Valencia, Calif.) and Chuladatta Thenuwara (Castaic, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating hypertension includes an implantable stimulator generating stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05 and applying the stimulation sessions by way of the central electrode and the annular electrode to a location associated with the hypertension and within a patient."...