US Patent Issued to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE on Sept. 23 for "Device for training and direct practice of breast self-palpation techniques" (Chilean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,123, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE (Santiago, Chile).

"Device for training and direct practice of breast self-palpation techniques" was invented by Josefa Cortes Soruco (Santiago, Chile) and Bernardita Figueroa Calmels (Santiago, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for training and direct practice of breast self-palpation techniques for the early detection of breast cancer comprising a container flexible body refillable with viscous fluid, a support and transfer platform connected to the body, means to simulate the type of abnormal tissue detectable within the body; fluid distri...