ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,803, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BLOCKsynop Inc. (Highland, Md.).

"Systems and/or methods for assessing neuromuscular block status without stimulation" was invented by Robert S. Greenberg (Baltimore) and Wayne I. Sternberger (Highland, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neuromuscular block characterization techniques are disclosed. A muscle movement measurement device generates, unprompted by impulse stimulation to a subject from an external source, at least one signal representative of muscle movement measurements at at least one location of a body of the subject while the subject is experiencing neuromuscular paralysis cause...