US Patent Issued to Washington University on Oct. 27 for "Systems and methods for reducing inflammation in the central nervous system" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,552, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Systems and methods for reducing inflammation in the central nervous system" was invented by Eric Leuthardt (St. Louis) and Anna Huguenard (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a system for transcutaneous auricular branch vagal nerve stimulation. Stimulation of the vagal nerve is configured to reduce inflammation in the central nervous system. The system includes a first electrode to be attached to a cymba of a patient's ear, a second electrode to be attached to a cavum of the patient's ear, and a flexible substrate to be ...