US Patent Issued to NeurGear on Aug. 11 for "Ultrasonic auricular vagus nerve stimulator using cannabinoid-containing coupling fluid" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,869, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NeurGear Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Ultrasonic auricular vagus nerve stimulator using cannabinoid-containing coupling fluid" was invented by Stanley Ward Stephenson (Spencerport, N.Y.), Jonathan Taylor Hacker (Rochester, N.Y.) and Andrew Robert Slegaitis (Forestport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headset apparatus for a user comprising an ultrasound transducer mounted to the headset apparatus, wherein the ultrasound transducer is configured to press against the auricular vagus nerve, a coupling fluid on the surface of the transducer permitting ultrasonic energy to pass into human skin and...