ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,711, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NEURALINK CORP. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Out-of-band pairing for wireless neural implant" was invented by Julian C. Borrey (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods confirm a wireless pairing between an implanted device, such as a neural implant, and an external device, such as a computer or mobile device. The implanted device receives signals from the external device, which may be a varying magnetic field or a set of neural signals. The implanted device decodes the signals to identify a pairing code. Based on determining the pairing code, the implanted device may use thi...