US Patent Issued to Seoul National University R&DB foundation on Aug. 25 for "Polymer-based turgor pressure actuator, and driving method and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,402, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Seoul National University R&DB foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polymer-based turgor pressure actuator, and driving method and use thereof" was invented by Jeong-Yun Sun (Seoul, South Korea), Ho-Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeonuk Na (Seoul, South Korea), Yong-Woo Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Seo Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Sohyun Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a polymer-based turgor actuator including a polymer network member (hereinafter, polymer member) capable of absorbing liquid and swelling, and a permeable confinem...