ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,006, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"System and method for simultaneous stimulation and recording using system-on-chip (SoC) architecture" was invented by Zhi Yang (Minneapolis), Jian Xu (Minneapolis), Anh Tuan Nguyen (Minneapolis) and Tong Wu (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable neuromodulation system is provided comprising at least one stimulation microelectrode, at least one microelectrode, and a frequency-shaping amplifier (FSA). The at least one stimulation microelectrode is configured to deliver a desired electrical stimulation to a neuronal populat...