ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,759, issued on April 14, was assigned to METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Non-implantable training method for training genioglossus muscle strength" was invented by Bol-Wei Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yu-Sheng Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Tung-Lin Tsai (Tainan, Taiwan) and Chun-Chieh Tseng (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in vitro training method for training genioglossus muscle strength includes adhering an electrode patch of an in vitro training device to a bottom of a chin of a user during a non-sleep period. The electrode patch receives an electrical stimulation signal from an e...