US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on Oct. 20 for "Serum cytokine profile predictive of response to non-surgical low back pain treatment" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,739, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York).

"Serum cytokine profile predictive of response to non-surgical low back pain treatment" was invented by Nadeen Chahine (New York) and Hayley Jacobsen (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating a patient suffering from a pain condition is provided by obtaining a plurality of biometric measurement values for the patient, wherein the plurality of biometric measurement values includes at least (i) a plurality of cytokines measurement levels, and (ii) at least one clinical data value; providing, using a compu...