ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,022, issued on April 7, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York).

"Integrated, flexible, implantable, optical neural interrogation apparatus, computer-accessible medium, system, and method for use and implementation thereof" was invented by Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, N.Y.), Sajjad Moazeni (New York) and Eric Pollmann (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an integrated, flexible, implantable, optical neural interrogation apparatus, computer-accessible medium, system, and method for use thereof. An integrated, flexible, fully...