ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,521, issued on May 19, was assigned to Tivic Health Systems Inc. (San Antonio).

"Microcurrent migraine treatment device with an adaptive trigger" was invented by Blake Taylor Gurfein (San Rafael, Calif.), John Claude (Redwood City, Calif.) and Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microcurrent migraine treatment device includes an adaptive trigger circuit configured to dynamically determine a triggering threshold for applying a therapeutic microcurrent via a treatment electrode to a treatment location on a person's skin for treatment of a migraine condition."

The patent was filed on Aug. 4, 2023, unde...