US Patent Issued to The University of Melbourne on Aug. 12 for "Medical device for sensing and or stimulating tissue" (Australian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,416, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The University of Melbourne (Parkville, Australia).

"Medical device for sensing and or stimulating tissue" was invented by Sam Emmanuel John (Parkville, Australia), Nicholas Lachlan Opie (Parkville, Australia) and Thomas James Oxley (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, methods and systems for transmitting signals through a device located in a blood vessel of an animal for stimulating and/or sensing activity of media proximal to the devices. The media can include tissue and/or fluid. A method of controlling an apparatus in communication with a brain machine interface. The method can...