US Patent Issued to IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS on April 8 for "Sensor system for determining the shape of a deformable structure" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,491, issued on April 8, was assigned to IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS Ltd. (London).

"Sensor system for determining the shape of a deformable structure" was invented by James Avery (Beckenham, Great Britain), Mark Runciman (London) and George Mylonas (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system comprising: a deformable structure; a plurality of electrodes operably connectable to the deformable structure; an electrical conductor operably connected to the deformable structure and electrically couplable to each of the electrodes; a current source connectable to predetermined electrodes; a current injector for injecting current ...