US Patent Issued on April 8 for "Magnetic resonance imaging devices, methods, and systems for vascular interventions" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,490, issued on April 8.

"Magnetic resonance imaging devices, methods, and systems for vascular interventions" was invented by Nathan Poulin (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a system for localizing the position of an endovascular probe and collecting high-resolution images of the anatomy surrounding the probe. In particular, a switchable endovascular imaging antenna/probe and related devices are disclosed, which are conveniently switchable between a configuration that allows the localization with high precision of the distal tip of an endovascular probe, and another configuration that allow...