US Patent Issued to Virginia Commonwealth University on March 24 for "Method for connection to a rigid or flexible device using multifunctional ink" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,031, issued on March 24, was assigned to Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va.).

"Method for connection to a rigid or flexible device using multifunctional ink" was invented by Vamsi Yadavalli (Richmond, Va.), Sayantan Pradhan (Richmond, Va.) and Sudesna Chakravarty (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology is based on a conducting, ferromagnetic ink made from, in an aqueous suspension: conducting nanopolymers, ferromagnetic nanoparticles, an adhesion promoter and optionally, a surfactant and/or stabilizer. The ink is used to form reversible physical and electrical connections between e.g., rigid and fle...