US Patent Issued to Zap Surgical Systems on Sept. 30 for "Radiosurgical neuromodulation close to critical structures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,338, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Zap Surgical Systems Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Radiosurgical neuromodulation close to critical structures" was invented by John R. Adler Jr. (Stanford, Calif.) and M. Bret Schneider (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treatment and treatment systems for performing radiomodulatory stereotactic radiosurgery to treat brain disorders in which target neural tissues associated with the brain disorder are sensitized to radiation by administration of a molecular substance and/or non-targeted critical structures are protected from radiation by a molecular substance, in orde...