US Patent Issued to Novocure on Oct. 7 for "Breathable pad generating tumor treating field and methods of production and use thereof" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,052, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Novocure GMBH (Root, Switzerland).

"Breathable pad generating tumor treating field and methods of production and use thereof" 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 el...