US Patent Issued to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE on Sept. 16 for "Spasticity treatment device and method" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,072, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"Spasticity treatment device and method" was invented by Samuel Colachis (Columbus, Ohio), Michael Darrow (Missouri City, Texas), Eric C. Meyers (Columbus, Ohio) and Lauren Wengerd (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating spasticity uses a garment worn on a target anatomy so as to arrange electrodes on an inner surface of the garment contacting the skin of the target anatomy. Using an electronic processor, a spasticity treatment cycle is performed. The spasticity treatment cycle is initiated by providing a human-percepti...