ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,342, issued on March 25, was assigned to INVERSA SYSTEMS LTD. (Fredericton, Canada).

"Handheld inspection device and method of inspecting an infrastructure having a structure wall supported into material" was invented by Peter Marc Cabot (Fredericton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a handheld inspection device for inspecting an infrastructure having a structure wall at least partially supported into material such as soil. The handheld inspection device generally has a portable frame; a high energy photon source mounted to said portable frame and having a radioactivity level below a threshold radioactivity l...