US Patent Issued to Signifier Medical Technologies on Sept. 29 for "Oral muscle training" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,387, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Signifier Medical Technologies Ltd. (London).

"Oral muscle training" was invented by Anshul Sama (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trans mucosal neuromuscular electrical stimulation device including a mouthpiece, electrodes associated with the mouthpiece. The device and/or mouthpiece incorporates electrical circuitry operatively connecting to the electrodes to a power source and is configured to provide, in use, electrical stimulation to one or more palate and/or tongue muscles via the electrodes through the oral mucosa. The treatment regime, including the locat...