ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,367, issued on May 6, was assigned to Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland).

"Dry physiological recording device and method of manufacturing" was invented by Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio), Brian M. Kolkowski (Leroy, Ohio) and Mark Pennington (Medina, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a physiological recording device and, more particularly, to a physiological recording device that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The invention is further directed to an encouragement ring which stabilizes and helps situate the physiological recording device on a subject's skin t...