ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,098, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Wireless intraluminal imaging device and associated devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Alfons Wouter Groenland (Best, Netherlands), Arjen Van Der Horst (Tilburg, Netherlands), Derk Reefman (Best, Netherlands), David Holt Burkett (Panama City Beach, Calif.), Cesar Perez (Roseville, Calif.), Joseph James Hoffman (Sacramento, Calif.) and Gerald Litzza (Rancho Cardova, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless intraluminal imaging device and an associated system are provided. In one embodiment, the wireless intraluminal imaging dev...