ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,273, issued on March 17, was assigned to NEURIVE Co. Ltd. (Gimbae-si, South Korea).

"Treatment system using vagus nerve stimulation and operating method thereof" was invented by Jae Jun Song (Seoul, South Korea), Hyuk Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Guk Han Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Yong Ho Jung (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a treatment system using vagus nerve stimulation. The treatment system includes a treatment part including an electrode configured to be worn on at least one of the left and right ears and configured to generate electrical stimulation on the vagus nerve in the auricle, a cont...