US Patent Issued to Novocure on Nov. 11 for "Pad generating tumor treating field and having kirigami-like cuts" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,760, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Novocure GmbH (Switzerland).

"Pad generating tumor treating field and having kirigami-like cuts" was invented by Richard Deslauriers (Woodbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pad having a topcoat layer, an electrode element and a conductive gel element are described. The electrode element is connected to the topcoat layer, and configured to receive an electrical signal from a generator producing an electric signal as a TTField. The conductive gel element is directly connected to the electrode element so as to receive an electrical current from the electrode element. The conductive gel e...