ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,372, issued on July 8, was assigned to DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea).

"Rotational triboelectric nanogenerator for neuro-stimulator" was invented by Sang Hoon Lee (Daegu, South Korea), Min Seok Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Hee Jae Shin (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a neuro-stimulator, and more particularly, to a rotational triboelectric nanogenerator for a neuro-stimulator providing, as a device that may directly utilize nerve stimulation triboelectricity generated by rotational energy for nerve electrical stimulation, a device that may ad...