ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,753, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INTELLIMICRO MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Changsha, China).

"Implantable device, encapsulating method and cerebral cortex stimulation-based visual prosthesis" was invented by Yu-Chong Tai (Changsha, China) and Changlin Pang (Changsha, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device includes a flexible cable, a circuit chip, a fluid adhesion layer, and a vapor deposited layer. The flexible cable includes a lead-in part, a stimulation part and a connection part connected between the lead-in part and the stimulation part. The circuit chip is fixed to a surface of one side of the lead-in part, and ...