US Patent Issued to CorTec on March 18 for "Implantable electrode device and method of forming an implantable electrode device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,557, issued on March 18, was assigned to CorTec GmbH (Freiburg, Germany).

"Implantable electrode device and method of forming an implantable electrode device" was invented by Andreas Marx (Freiburg, Germany) and Miguel Ulloa (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable electrode device is provided comprising a first layer and a second layer, the second layer being on top of the first layer and including at least one electrode contact. The at least one electrode contact is exposable to a nerve of a nervous tissue of a human or of an animal. A connecting means electrically connects the electrode contact, where the ...