US Patent Issued to The Texas A & M University System, University of Washington on July 1 for "Implantable devices and techniques for the treatment of obesity" (Texas, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,274, issued on July 1, was assigned to The Texas A & M University System (College Station, Texas) and University of Washington (Seattle).

"Implantable devices and techniques for the treatment of obesity" was invented by Sung Il Park (College Station, Texas), Woo Seok Kim (College Station, Texas) and Carlos Arturo Campos (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to an organ-specific wireless optogenetic device. In some embodiments, the device includes an electronic circuit, such that the electronic circuit is configured to harvest and convert radio frequency (RF) energy into optical energ...