US Patent Issued to Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet on Oct. 6 for "Treatment of an epilepsy-associated disorder" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,660, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet (Tuebingen, Germany).

"Treatment of an epilepsy-associated disorder" was invented by Jens Klinzing (Tuebingen, Germany) and Hong-Viet Victor Ngo (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for treating an epilepsy-associated disorder in a living being by acoustically modulating interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs). The apparatus comprises an electrode set for obtaining an electroencephalogram, an audio output device, and an analysis and control unit configured to detect IEDs a...