ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,137, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea) and IVIM Technology Inc. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Apparatus for homeothermic manipulation of live animal for microscopic imaging of internal tissue" was invented by Pilhan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoonha Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Eunjoo Song (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fixation and body temperature maintaining apparatus for fixing a small animal in order to generate a high-resolution micro image of a predetermined tissue of the small animal within a bio...