ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,796, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan).

"Brain measurement apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Moriya (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takenori Oida (Hamamatsu, Japan), Akinori Saito (Hamamatsu, Japan), Motohiro Suyama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Tetsuo Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brain measurement apparatus includes: a static magnetic field forming unit for forming a static magnetic field in a measurement area; a gradient magnetic field coil for forming a gradient magnetic field in the measurement area; a transmission coil for transmitting ...