US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on June 3 for "System and method for the activation of active ion transporters without the consumption of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,908, issued on June 3, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"System and method for the activation of active ion transporters without the consumption of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules" was invented by Wei Chen (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling active ion transporters, such as sodium-potassium (Na/K) pumps to actively transports 3 Na+ and 2 K+ ions by consuming one ATP. The system and method provide an oscillating electric field that is effective in running the active ion-transport at their physiological running mode by consuming one ATP molecule to actively tra...