ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,741, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Zhejiang, China).

"Conductive hydrogel paper-based device for synchronously monitoring physiological and biochemical parameters" was invented by Bo Liang (Zhejiang, China), Tianyu Li (Zhejiang, China), Zhichao Ye (Zhejiang, China) and Xuesong Ye (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive hydrogel paper-based device for synchronously monitoring physiological and biochemical parameters. Self-assembly is implemented on a paper fiber by means of porous PEDOT:PSS hydrogel, such that the paper fiber has good conductivity and good water wettability, thereby ach...