US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 14 for "Method of determining recovery from concussion" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,057, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Method of determining recovery from concussion" was invented by Paul A. Lovoi (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for detecting or verifying recovery from concussion includes a headset or head-attachable device placed against the head of a patient who has exhibited concussion. In the device is an accelerometer for detecting and measuring natural motions of the head due to blood flow in the brain. After a prescribed number of days post-concussion, when the patient returns to physical activity, the a...