ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,001, issued on July 8, was assigned to NIVAT MEDICAL DEVICE LTD. (Kfar Tavor, Israel).
"System and method for catheterization using an intraluminal electromagnetic working capsule" was invented by Nir Sadan (Afula, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a system for cardiac electromagnetic/magnetic catheterization for diagnosing and treating blood vessels of a patient. The system having at least one electromagnetic intraluminal capsule able to force its way through a narrowing blood vessel, the capsule carrying a camera allowing visualization of blood vessels of a patient. There is a portable electromagnetic tip, wher...