US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on May 13 for "System and method for the activation of active ion transporters without the consumption of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules for the treatment of kidney ischemia" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,163, issued on May 13, 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 for the treatment of kidney ischemia" was invented by Wei Chen (Tampa, Fla.) and Ruisheng Liu (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method to control the Na/K pumps for the treatment of ischemia of the kidney by providing an energy generating synchronization modulation electric field that is effective in synchronizing the Na/K pumps down to individual steps throughout the pumping cycle and in synthesizing ...