ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,266, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Paris), CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE GRENOBLE ALPES (La Tronche, France) and UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES (Saint Martin D'heres, France).

"Method for determining the operating state of a light-emitting implant" was invented by Pierre Bleuet (Grenoble, France), Claude Chabrol (Grenoble, France), Cecile Moro (Grenoble, France), Stephan Chabardes (La Tronche, France) and Alim Louis Benabid (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the operating state of a light-emitting implant implanted in the brain o...