US Patent Issued to ElectroCore on April 7 for "Devices and methods for nerve stimulation" (Florida, Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,418, issued on April 7, was assigned to ElectroCore Inc. (Rockaway, N.J.).

"Devices and methods for nerve stimulation" was invented by Bruce J. Simon (Wellfleet, Mass.), Joseph P. Errico (Lake Worth, Fla.) and John T. Raffle (Rockport, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for the non-invasive stimulation of nerves, such as the vagus nerve, include a housing and an electrode coupled to the housing. The electrode is configured to be positioned adjacent to, or in contact with, an outer skin surface of a patient. A source of energy is coupled to the housing and operably coupled to the electrode. The source of energy e...