ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,208, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ELECTROCORE INC. (Rockaway, N.J.).
"Nerve stimulation therapy for maintaining telomere lengths" was invented by Peter Staats (Atlantic Beach, Fla.), Bruce J. Simon (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) and Joseph P. Errico (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and methods are provided for delivering electrical impulses to the vagus nerve to inhibit the reduction of telomere lengths in cellular DNA, thereby potentially increasing an individual's longevity and/or healthspan. A method comprises positioning a contact surface of a device in contact with an outer skin surface of a ...