US Patent Issued to IOTA BIOSCIENCES on July 15 for "Ultrasound-based protocol for operating an implantable device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,835, issued on July 15, was assigned to IOTA BIOSCIENCES INC. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Ultrasound-based protocol for operating an implantable device" was invented by Michel M. Maharbiz (El Cerrito, Calif.), Joshua Kay (Oakland, Calif.) and Jose M. Carmena (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and system embodiments for operating a device implantable in a subject using ultrasonic waves are described. In some embodiments, a method is performed at the implantable device to receive ultrasonic waves including an operating mode command. Then, the implantable device sets an operating mode of the implantable device to one operati...