ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,961, issued on June 17, was assigned to INTELLIFUSE LLC (Union City, Tenn.).
"Implant including nanogenerator" was invented by Todd Shanks (Dallas) and George Alexander Jones (River Forest, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant provided with an auto-generator generating an electric charge. One or more nanogenerators are incorporated into or onto the implant or used as stand-alone devices. It is believed that electric charge improves the healing of damaged/injured tissues."
The patent was filed on July 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/875,310.
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