US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO on Jan. 13 for "Biocompatible soft pressure sensor and method of monitoring pressure subcutaneously" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,551, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Biocompatible soft pressure sensor and method of monitoring pressure subcutaneously" was invented by Sihong Wang (Chicago), Sliman Bensmaia (Chicago) and Stacy Lindau (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocompatible soft pressure sensor comprises: a stretchable top electrode comprising a first elastomeric substrate and a first biocompatible conducting polymer coated on an inner surface of the first elastomeric substrate; a stretchable bottom electrode comprising a second elastomeric substrate including a textured inner surface comprising an array of ...