ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,686, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PIEZOCAP INC. (Manhasset, N.Y.).
"Piezoelectrically-powered pacemaker using respiratory motion" was invented by Jeffrey Kingsley (Philadephia, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric energy harvesting device is provided. The piezoelectric energy harvesting device includes a piezoelectric material, which includes an inner surface having a concave shape, and an outer surface having a bottom surface. The piezoelectric energy harvesting device further includes a ball positioned on the inner surface. The bottom surface acts as a ground, the inner surface acts as a positive node, and the i...