ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,500, issued on June 23, was assigned to INBRAIN NEUROELECTRONICS SL (Barcelona, Spain).

"Medical electrode and arrangement thereof" was invented by Bert Bakker (Wijk en Aalburg, Netherlands) and Jose Antonio Garrido Ariza (Sant Just Desvern, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a medical electrode, including: a first layer made of a first material having a first electrochemical potential window, especially a first charge injection limit, and at least one second layer made of a second material having a second electrochemical potential window, especially a second charge injection limit, wherein the firs...