ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,858, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS ON BEHALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (Morgantown, W.va.).

"Neuromodulatory methods for improving addiction using multi-dimensional feedback" was invented by Ali Rezai (Morgantown, W.va.), Victor Finomore (Morgantown, W.va.), James Mahoney (Morgantown, W.va.) and Marc Haut (Morgantown, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of improving addiction in a patient in need thereof are provided. Methods include using focused ultrasound, deep brain stimulation and/or transcranial magnetic stimulation and multi-dimensional monitoring of the patient to de...