US Patent Issued to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Nov. 3 for "Zusanli (ST-36) locating transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and thermal modalities delivering device for treating osteoarthritic pain" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,209, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong).

"Zusanli (ST-36) locating transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and thermal modalities delivering device for treating osteoarthritic pain" was invented by Chun-Lap Samuel Lo (Hong Kong), Wing-Tak Wong (Hong Kong) and Sze Lung Kenneth Chan (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee mounting device for providing TENS treatment is disclosed. The knee mounting device is coupled to a patient's knee to locate and stimulate ST-36 acupoint transcutaneously for treating or relieving osteoarthritic pain. The knee mounting device includes a lower...