US Patent Issued to Washington State University on July 29 for "System and method for wirelessly powering, sending and receiving information from an instrument in the body" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,992, issued on July 29, was assigned to Washington State University (Pullman, Wash.).

"System and method for wirelessly powering, sending and receiving information from an instrument in the body" was invented by Subhanshu Gupta (Pullman, Wash.) and Stephen Seslar (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments of the present invention are directed to a novel wireless powered method, apparatus and tracking system without a wired interface to a moving catheter. The implant in the patient's body on the moving catheter is energized by an external ultrasound transmitter using acoustic pressure waves. As a general mode of o...