US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Jan. 13 for "Cranial implant devices, systems, and related methods" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,244, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Cranial implant devices, systems, and related methods" was invented by Chad Gordon (Cockeysville, Md.), Micah Belzberg (Baltimore) and Amir Manbachi (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are cranial implant devices that include at least one acoustic, optical, and/or photoacoustic lens element comprising one or more electromagnetically translucent, electromagnetically transparent, sonolucent, and/or acoustically active materials. The cranial implant devices are structured for subgaleal scalp implantation within, beneath, and/or over ...