US Patent Issued to NEURONANO on Nov. 11 for "Method of implantation of a medical device into neural tissue" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,289, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NEURONANO AB (Sweden).

"Method of implantation of a medical device into neural tissue" was invented by Jens Schouenborg (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a channel in nervous tissue filled with an aqueous gel for implantation of a microelectrode or other medical device lacking sufficient physical stability for direct implantation by insertion, comprises providing an apparatus comprising an oblong rigid pin covered by a dry gel forming agent; locating a target in the tissue; defining a straight insertion path a desired tissue insertion point and the target; align...