US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on April 8 for "Electroosmotic high fidelity acoustic transducer" (Rhode Island, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,060, issued on April 8, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Electroosmotic high fidelity acoustic transducer" was invented by Francisco J. Diez-Garias (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Thomas E. Hansen (Newport, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic transducer system for projecting and sensing acoustic waves or sound in fluid is disclosed in accordance with the present disclosure and figures herein. The system includes a transducer array of a plurality of channels, each channel having an inlet and an outlet, and a reservoir containing a liquid solution. A first electrode is disposed pro...