US Patent Issued to Novocure on June 23 for "Methods of treating neurodegenerative disorders with alternating electric fields" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,507, issued on June 23, was assigned to Novocure GmbH (Baar, Switzerland).

"Methods of treating neurodegenerative disorders with alternating electric fields" was invented by Tali Voloshin-Sela (Haifa, Israel), Lilach Avigdor (Haifa, Israel), Eyal Dor-On (Haifa, Israel), Moshe Giladi (Haifa, Israel) and Hila Fishman (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating a neurodegenerative disorder in a subject are provided by applying alternating electric fields to the brain of the subject, optionally also administering a drug for treatment of the neurodegenerative disorder (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ...