ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,098, issued on April 21, was assigned to Natus Medical Inc. (Middleton, Wis.).

"EEG headband with improved amplifier attachment shape conformity, electrode placement, and gel delivery functionality" was invented by Yen Chi Fang (Irvine, Calif.), Satish Ponugoti (Lynwood, Wash.) and Stephen Montgomery (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for electroencephalography headband apparatuses including a strap member, an amplifier device, and electrode assemblies each including a capsule receiving structure having a detent feature configured to resist rotation of a gel capsule positioned there within, a stabili...