US Patent Issued to United States Govemment as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Case Western Reserve University on Nov. 11 for "Flexible nonmetallic electrode" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,751, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to United States Govemment as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington) and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland).

"Flexible nonmetallic electrode" was invented by Kath M. Bogie (Cleveland), Dhruv Seshadri (Cleveland), Medha Srigiri (Cleveland) and Christian A. Zorman (Euclid, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode can comprise carbon black and one of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) or PVA, wherein the carbon black has a weight of between 10% and 50% of a weight of the PDMS or PVA. The electrode can be suitable for bioelectronics. A pattern of hydrogel can be depos...