US Patent Issued to The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research on Aug. 11 for "Systems and methods for vagus nerve monitoring and stimulation" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,346, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research (Valencia, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for vagus nerve monitoring and stimulation" was invented by Brian V. Mech (Buffalo, Minn.), Neil Talbot (La Crescenta, Calif.), Brian M. Shelton (Ventura, Calif.), Joseph L. Calderon (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to devices, systems, and methods for detecting, monitoring, predicting, and/or treating medical conditions (e.g., epileptic seizures) using one or more sensors configured to collect biomarke...