ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,506, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hinge Health Inc. (San Francisco).

"Neuromodulation device and method for use" was invented by Alexander B. Izvorski (Pleasanton, Calif.), Shaun Rahimi (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Kevin McCullough (Grants Pass, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neuromodulation devices and methods of their use are described in which a therapeutic device is configured to generate a treatment for treating pain such as the reduction of the symptoms of chronic and acute pain as well as for treating other conditions. The neuromodulation device generates an output electrical signal in the form of pulses with a fast ri...