ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,672, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Miracle Heart (Sydney).

"Devices and methods for removing cancer cells from bloodstream during cancer metastasis" was invented by Binyamin Simantov (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for monitoring cancerous cells in blood of a patient that are preloaded with a marker and a magnetic agent and removing them are provided. The device comprises a tray onto which blood withdrawn from the patient flows before returned to the patient; a magnet placed at a distance from the tray so that the blood on the tray is within a magnetic field of the magnet and the cancerous cells that are preloaded...