US Patent Issued to Split Rock Scientific on Sept. 29 for "System and method for delivering a therapy and sensing a biological activity in the mouth" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,148, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Split Rock Scientific Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"System and method for delivering a therapy and sensing a biological activity in the mouth" was invented by Christopher Hermanson (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Amit Rajguru (Lafayette, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for controlled delivery of a therapy, such as a stimulant, to a mouth of a subject via an oral device positioned in a secured configuration in the mouth. At least one of a tongue position stimulator (TST) and tongue position sensor (TSE) is provided, according to certain aspects. Accordin...