ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,198, issued on March 18, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Zhejiang, China).

"Vasospasm monitoring device based on triboelectrification technology" was invented by Pengcheng Jiao (Zhejiang, China), Yang Yang (Zhejiang, China) and Xiaoxiao Cui (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vasospasm monitoring device based on a triboelectrification technology includes a vascular stent. A plurality of hole-shaped structures are distributed on the vascular stent. A triboelectric film sleeve is inserted into each hole-shaped structures in a matched mode, and the triboelectric film sleeve includes an inner electrode, an inner tribo...