ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,049, issued on June 23, was assigned to Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai).

"Flexible electrode and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Zhengtuo Zhao (Shanghai), Xue Li (Shanghai) and Chengyao Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a flexible electrode and a manufacturing method therefor. Provided is a flexible electrode, comprising at least one implantable and flexible electrode wire and a continuous limiting layer. Each electrode wire comprises: a wire, the wire being located between a first insulating layer a...