ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,867, issued on Dec. 2.

"System for targeted medical intervention using a magnetic field" was invented by Francois Gelinas (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for steering magnetotactic entities in a subject having a propulsion system for navigating in a body of the subject using a magnetic field sufficient for influencing the direction of the magnetotactic entities while not without inducing a displacement force on the magnetotactic entities; it has a table for receiving a subject; three pairs of magnetic heads for generating the magnetic field for influencing a direction of the magnetotactic entities in a subject; and a...