ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,754, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Magnetic Insight Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).
"Magnetic particle actuation" was invented by Daniel Westbrook Hensley (Emeryville, Calif.), Matthias Weber (Oakland, Calif.), Elaine Yuiyi Yu (Alameda, Calif.), Robert Blayne Kettlewell (Berkeley, Calif.), Kyle David Fields (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) and Patrick William Goodwill (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Magnetic particle actuating systems may include a magnet system configured to generate a magnetic field that includes a field-free region. A corresponding control system can be configured to control the magnet system to create a fie...