ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,688, issued on May 20, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"Systems for neural bridging of the nervous system" was invented by Chad E. Bouton (Darien, Conn.), Nicholas Annetta (Columbus, Ohio), David A. Friedenberg (Columbus, Ohio) and Gaurav Sharma (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices for interpreting neural signals to determine a desired movement of a target, transmitting electrical signals to the target, and dynamically monitoring subsequent neural signals or movement of the target to change the signal being delivered if n...