ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,163, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to WUHAN NEURACOM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Composite microneedle structure based on integrated circuit chip" was invented by Li Huang (Wuhan, China), Cheng Huang (Wuhan, China) and Bei Tong (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite microneedle structure based on an integrated circuit chip includes a microstrip line, at least one microprobe and at least one integrated circuit chip. The microprobe includes a hard needle and a soft needle, the soft needle is fixed to an upper surface of the hard needle by a fixed structural member, and the integrated circuit chi...