ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,955, issued on July 8, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDEN (Germany).
"Stimulus-responsive mesh" was invented by Simon Binder (Magdeburg, Germany), Adrian Ehrenhofer (Dresden, Germany) and Alice Mieting (Dresden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a stimulus-responsive mesh made from hydrogel fibers that provide varying degrees of ventilation depending on environmental conditions. The hydrogel fibers may be arranged into a mesh with openings that change size depending on the degree of swelling of the hydrogel fibers. As the hydrogel fibers of the mesh change (e.g., from a contracted state to/f...