ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,601, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX (Bordeaux, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE THEORIQUE ET APPLIQUEE (Palaiseau, France).

"Neural tissue unit and use of such a unit for implantation into the nervous system of a mammal" was invented by Maxime Feyeux (Talence, France), Kevin Alessandri (Bordeaux, France), Pierre Nassoy (Bordeaux, France), Laurent Cognet (Bordeaux, France), Abdelhamid Benazzouz (Pessac, France) and Erwan Bezard (Bordeaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a neural tissue unit for use in implantation into the ner...