US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 2 for "Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation" (California, Texas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,958, issued on June 2, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation" was invented by Mark P. Ashby (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Varun Umesh Kashyap (Palo Alto, Calif.), Scott R. Stanslaski (Shoreview, Minn.), David J. Miller (Austin, Texas) and Erik P. Fahimi (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a collar; a first stimulating electrode array positioned on the collar and configured to delivery stimulation therapy to a patient; a second stimulating electrode array being positioned on the collar and configured to deliver stimulation therapy to the patient; a ...