US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on June 17 for "Thermotactile stimulation prosthesis" (North Carolina, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,429, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Thermotactile stimulation prosthesis" was invented by Rama Venkatasubramanian (Cary, N.C.), Luke E. Osborn (Baltimore), Robert S. Armiger (Catonsville, Md.), Meiyong Himmtann (Sykesville, Md.) and Jonathan M. Pierce (North Eldersburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermotactile stimulation prosthesis includes a prosthesis extremity having a prosthesis interface configured for attachment to a human limb, and a thermoelectric actuator array coupled to the prosthesis interface and configured to establish a noninvasive thermoneural human-machine int...