ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,272, issued on May 20, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Multi-modal 3D marker for co-registration of biomagnetic and magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Etienne Labyt (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for improving the precision of a biomagnetic image of a patient is provided. The device comprises a covering, a plurality of markers and at least five three-axis coils. Three-axis coils and markers of the plurality of markers are placed at the same location on the covering so that, when the covering is positioned on the patient, singular points of th...