US Patent Issued to Board of Trustees of Michigan State University on June 23 for "Intraocular pressure sensor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,007, issued on June 23, was assigned to Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Intraocular pressure sensor" was invented by Wen Li (Okemos, Mich.), Arthur J. Weber (East Lansing, Mich.) and Mohammad Hossein Mazaheri Kouhani (East Lansing, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensor system is provided. In another aspect, a wireless intraocular pressure sensor includes a deformable or stretchable inductor. A further aspect of an intraocular pressure sensing system includes a deformable inductor sized to contact an eye. Another aspect provides an organ pressure sensing system including a passiv...