ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,346, issued on May 6, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).
"Multi-modal pressure sensor" was invented by Chunlei Wang (Miami), Borzooye Jafarizadeh (Miami), Azmal Chowdhury (Miami), Iman Khakpour (Miami) and Nezih Pala (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention is concerned with systems and methods advantageously applying finite element analysis to establish design rules for a highly sensitive piezo-resistive pressure sensor with an output that is high enough to be detectable by simple and inexpensive circuits and therefore ensure wearability. Four frequently reported micro-...