ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,685, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Medical probes and methods of use" was invented by Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Mass.), Khalil Basil Ramadi (Brookline, Mass.), Erin Byrne Rousseau (Clifton, N.Y.) and Max Joseph Cotler (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical probe for guided insertion into soft tissue, such as the brain, is disclosed. The medical probe may include a flexible, elongated body having a proximal end portion and an opposed distal end portion. The elongated body has a length of at least 1 cm and an outer diameter of 80 micro metre or less. ...