ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,523, issued on July 1, was assigned to NEUROLOOP GMBH (Freiburg, Germany).

"Implantable electrode arrangement" was invented by Dennis Plachta (Voerstetten, Germany), Mortimer Giehrtmuehlen (Freiburg, Germany), Thomas Stieglitz (Freiburg, Germany) and Josef Zentner (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable electrode arrangement provides spatially-selective detection of neuronal electrical signals, which propagate along at least one nerve fiber contained in a nerve fascicle, and for selective electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve fiber, comprising a biocompatible carrier substrate, which has at least on...