ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,820, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NTT NEW TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Balingen, Germany).

"Electrode for a garment, a belt or a bandage" was invented by Hans Bauer (Balingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode for a garment comprises several superimposed layers, wherein one layer is an electrically conductive electrode layer and another layer is a foamed material layer, wherein an electric conductor extends between the electrode layer and the foamed material layer and is in contact with the electrode layer."

The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/542,635.

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