US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital on April 8 for "Self-righting systems, methods, and related components" (Massachusetts, Oregon, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,832, issued on April 8, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.) and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston).

"Self-righting systems, methods, and related components" was invented by Robert S. Langer (Newton, Mass.), Carlo Giovanni Traverso (Newton, Mass.), Alex G. Abramson (St. Louis), Michael Williams (Enterprise, Ore.) and Jacob Wainer (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itsel...