ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,173, issued on May 13, was assigned to Curonix LLC (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

"Circuit for an implantable device" was invented by Laura Tyler Perryman (Pompano Beach, Fla.), Chad David Andresen (Miami Beach, Fla.) and Bertan Bakkaloglu (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes: a radio-frequency (RF) to direct current (DC) rectifying circuit coupled to one or more antenna on an implantable wirelessly powered device, the rectifying circuit configured to: rectify an input RF signal received at the one or more antennas and from an external controller through electric radiative coupling; and extract DC ...