ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,427, issued on Oct. 27.

"Apparatus and method of manufacturing of conductive thermoplastic elastomer electrodes" was invented by Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi (Toronto), Ladan Eskandarian (Toronto), Amin Mahnam (Toronto), Bastien Moineau (Toronto), Sahar Golmhammadi Rostami (Toronto), Christopher Robin Leiphart (Toronto), Andrea Ferrone (Toronto) and Shayan Niakan (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method of manufacturing same is provided. The apparatus includes: a base layer integrated with an article; a conductive layer in communication with a base contact pad mounted on the base layer; an active electrode board in ...