Celero Systems Inc. reported details of a patent filing for gastric residency systems for its ingestible devices, in the form a plurality of retention arms with non-deployed and deployed states sized and configured to temporarily retain the ingestible devices in the stomach for periods of up to a week.
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have filed for patent protection for a system and method for treating obesity or other gastric and/or metabolic disorders via closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation.
Geethanjali Radhakrishnan, founder and managing director of Chennai, India-based Adiuvo Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd. reported filing for patent protection for a digital assistant for wound triaging and treatment recommendations.
Wave Neuroscience Inc. is seeking patent protection for systems and methods for determining and optimizing the alpha burst parameters associated with a subject's brain.
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis reported filing patent protection for their breath test that quickly identifies those infected with SARS-CoV-2, requires only one or two breaths to be performed, and provides results in less than a minute.
Derek Sham, founder and CEO, of Toronto, Ontario-based Cosm Medical Corp. reported filing for patent protection for devices, systems and methods for vaginal therapeutics. He reported on a range of surgical treatment options for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and urinary incontinence (UI) as well as non-surgical treatments exist for POP and UI.
Aurimod GmbH’s CEO, Stefan Kampusch, reported filing patent protection for a device for auricular punctual stimulation and the treatment of pain that comprises a current generator for generating stimulation current pulses and electrical lines for connection to an electrode to be positioned on the ear.
The University of Southern California (USC) reported filing a patent for a retinal ganglion cell (RGC) stimulation system in which electrodes may be placed in, around or near sites of optic nerve injury to generate electric fields that can direct the direction of axonal regeneration.
Easymotionskin Tec AG is seeking patent protection for a wearable product that delivers transcutaneous electromyostimulation (EMS) of pelvic floor musculature through the body’s perineum, for the non-invasive treatment of incontinence, particularly stress incontinence. The invention is said to be suited to nearly all patients, including those patients who cannot insert anal or vaginal probes that provide pelvic floor training by EMS.
Connex Biomedical Inc. applied for patent protection for a transcardiac access port affixed and retained post-procedure on the cardiac muscle, such as the ventricular myocardium, and an access port delivery system configured to deliver the access port, secure the access port to the muscle tissue with tissue anchors, and provide a working channel through the access port to facilitate transcardiac access and device delivery.
