US Patent Issued to Trustees of Boston University on June 3 for "Wireless neuromodulation via microwave split ring resonator" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,136, issued on June 3, was assigned to Trustees of Boston University (Boston).

"Wireless neuromodulation via microwave split ring resonator" was invented by Chen Yang (Newton, Mass.), Ji-Xin Cheng (Newton, Mass.), Nan Zheng (Allston, Mass.), Yueming Li (Brighton, Mass.), Ying Jiang (Brighton, Mass.), Lu Lan (Allston, Mass.) and Carolyn Marar (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for neuromodulation includes a split-ring resonator (SRR) comprising a resonance circuit, the SRR being implantable in a cranial target site and a source of microwave signals, wherein the microwave signals are deliverable wirelessly to coupl...