ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,678, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University (Tianjin, China).

"Male penis site magnetic resonance imaging integrated coil having erection assisting function" was invented by Yang Zhao (Tianjin, China), Dengyi Duan (Tianjin, China), Jing Peng (Tianjin, China) and Yuanjie Niu (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male penis site magnetic resonance imaging integrated coil having an erection assisting function includes a cover body, a negative pressure suction erection assisting apparatus, a programmable erection degree control system, and a multi-channel magnetic resonance imaging...