ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,264, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MANE BIOTECH GmbH (Cologne, Germany).

"Device for stimulating hair growth" was invented by Carlos Andres Chacon Martinez (Cologne, Germany) and Samuel Christopher Jack Jellard (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that is configured to stimulate hair growth (100) includes at least one electrode (101). The electrode includes projections such as pins or spikes which extend through the hair of the user and engage a portion of the surface of a user's skin without penetration of the skin. At least one detector (103) is operative to sense at least one condition corresponding t...