ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,455, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Stichting IMEC Nederland (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Device and method for detecting antenna misalignment in a near field communication network" was invented by Chengyao Shi (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Yao-Hong Liu (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device for detecting an antenna misalignment with respect to a transmitting implantable device in a near field communication system comprises an antenna unit configured to receive signals through a body channel from the transmitting implantable device. The antenna unit comprises at least two pairs of electrodes con...