US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on Nov. 3 for "Spintronic nanodevice for low-power, cellular-level, magnetic neurostimulation" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,238, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Spintronic nanodevice for low-power, cellular-level, magnetic neurostimulation" was invented by Jian-Ping Wang (Minneapolis) and Renata Saha (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neuro-stimulation system includes a stimulator controller, a support surface, and a magneto-ionic stimulator positioned on the support surface and electrically connected to the stimulator controller. The stimulator controller can apply a voltage to the magneto-ionic stimulator, wherein a change in the voltage causes a change in a magnetic field produced by th...