US Patent Issued to Novocure on Sept. 29 for "Reducing electrosensation whilst treating a subject using alternating electric fields" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,405, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Novocure GmbH (Baar, Switzerland).

"Reducing electrosensation whilst treating a subject using alternating electric fields" was invented by Kristen W. Carlson (Concord, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When treating a subject using alternating electric fields (e.g., using TTFields to treat a tumor), some subjects experience an electrosensation effect when the alternating electric field switches direction. This application describes a variety of approaches for reducing or eliminating this electrosensation. More specifically, during the course of treatment using alternating electric fields, ...