ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,059, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Method of measuring by electrical impedance tomography" was invented by Mathieu Darnajou (Pertuis, France) and Guillaume Ricciardi (Le Tholonet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical impedance tomography method for the measurement of a body comprising a cylindrical part containing a fluid, the method comprising arranging a number of electrodes around a periphery of the cylindrical part of the body, simultaneously exciting each of the electrodes, each electrode being excited by a potential of a selected form, ...