US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for on-person wearable electronic devices" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,089, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for on-person wearable electronic devices" was invented by Xuanhe Zhao (Allston, Mass.), Xiaoyu Chen (Cambridge, Mass.) and Chonghe Wang (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for on-person wearable electronic devices configured for extended periods of wear. A couplant may be provided that is made of a soft anti-dehydrating, and hydrogel-elastomer hybrid material. A bioadhesive may connect the couplant the electronic devices and the person. The couplant may serve as a coupli...