ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,786, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Neurometrix Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Nerve stimulation (TENS) device" was invented by Xuan Kong (Acton, Mass.), Martin J. Moynihan (Waltham, Mass.) and Shai N. Gozani (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising: a housing; an application unit for providing mechanical coupling between the housing and the user's body; a stimulation unit mounted to the housing for electrically stimulating at least one nerve with at least one stimulation pulse during a therapy session; and a determination unit mounted ...