ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,520, issued on June 30.

"Acupuncture device and method of using magnetic fields to stimulate acupuncture needles, and magnetic coil configurations" was invented by Dennis Marcantonio (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Greg Bartosiewicz (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for generating and applying stimulated acupuncture needles to one or more acupuncture points on a body of an individual suffering from one or more ailments using magnetic fields. The acupuncture device is configured for generating magnetic fields to stimulate acupuncture without using human manual manipulation. The acupuncture device may com...