US Patent Issued to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education on April 29 for "Touch probe passively powered wireless stent antenna for implanted sensor powering and interrogation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,235, issued on April 29, was assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh).

"Touch probe passively powered wireless stent antenna for implanted sensor powering and interrogation" was invented by Michael A. Rothfuss (Pittsburgh), Ervin Sejdic (Pittsburgh) and Michael L. Gimbel (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for wirelessly and passively powering and/or interrogating an implanted stent using a touch probe assembly through a near-field electrical connection not over an air interface. The stent apparatus includes at least one stent member functioning as an a...