US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on June 30 for "Mechanoneural interfaces for prosthetic control" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,471, issued on June 30, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Mechanoneural interfaces for prosthetic control" was invented by Hugh M. Herr (Concord, N.H.), Hyungeun Song (Cambridge, Mass.) and Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan (Strongsville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanoneural Interfaces (MIs) and methods of forming MIs are provided, including cutaneous mechanoneural interfaces (CMIs) and proprioceptive mechanoneural interfaces (PMIs). A CMI includes a device in operative arrangement with a muscle actuator to stimulate muscle contraction, the muscle actuator disposed in a substantially circu...