ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,758, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ANKON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Magnetic control device and magnetically controlled capsule endoscope system" was invented by Chao Han (Shanghai), Shaobang Zhang (Shanghai) and Xiaodong Duan (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a magnetic control device and a magnetically controlled capsule endoscope system. The magnetic control device comprises a mounting base, a base, a magnetic component, a first motor and a second motor. The mounting base is for hoisting the magnetic control dev...