ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,102, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Spark Biomedical Inc. (Dallas).

"Disposable electrodes for portable stimulation devices and systems and methods for replacement of the disposable electrodes" was invented by Alejandro Covalin (Los Angeles), Meghan R. Luellen (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jared Wettenstein (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an illustrative embodiment, a disposable electrode unit for releasably adhering to a wearable stimulation device includes a structural support layer having an shape configured to align with a tissue region of a wearer, the structural support layer including openings for aligning with electrode ...