US Patent Issued to Cornell University on Oct. 7 for "Stretchable fiber optic pressure sensors and uses thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,047, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Stretchable fiber optic pressure sensors and uses thereof" was invented by Jeyeon Jo (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Heeju Park (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stretchable fiber optic pressure sensor is a sensing device that uses stretchable optical fibers that deform in response to an applied force. A deformation of a fiber causes a decrease in an intensity or alters a duration of the transmitted light due to a bend, crease, or dent in the fiber. The sensor may be configured to determine a pressure or force as applied by an appendage of a user. Multiple sens...