US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on Dec. 16 for "Systems and methods for combined ultrasound and electrical stimulation for treating a subject" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,447, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Systems and methods for combined ultrasound and electrical stimulation for treating a subject" was invented by Hubert Lim (Minneapolis), Daniel Zachs (Minneapolis) and Claire Kaiser (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for combined ultrasound and electrical stimulation for treating inflammation, autoimmune disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, and the like. Noninvasive ultrasound stimulation may be applied to the spleen, joints, limbs, or a region experiencing pain that has local swelling, and electrical s...