US Patent Issued to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Aug. 25 for "Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device with thermal modalities for stimulating acupoints of a user" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,850, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong).

"Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device with thermal modalities for stimulating acupoints of a user" was invented by Chun-Lap Samuel Lo (Hong Kong), Sai Wang Seto (Hong Kong) and Sze Lung Kenneth Chan (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mount transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device adapted to stimulate acupoints of a user transcutaneously when being worn on the head of the user is disclosed. The TENS device includes one or more frames, a plurality of contacts, a pulse width modulation (PWM) generator, a...