US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO on Nov. 4 for "Methods to rescue light sensitivity in retinas after photoreceptor degeneration" (Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,697, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.) and THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Methods to rescue light sensitivity in retinas after photoreceptor degeneration" was invented by Joao Carvalho-de-Souza (Tucson, Ariz.) and Francisco Bezanilla (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to the use of gold nanoparticles to enable vision in the visually impaired. Retinal neurons remain functional despite photoreceptor degeneration. These neurons can be made light-sensitive to produce action potentials, by gold nanoparticles conjuga...