ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,490, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BONETAG (Perpignan, France), UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER (Montpellier, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Method for imaging an implanted implant" was invented by Stephane Naudi (Perpignan, France), Arnaud Vena (Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers, France), Sylvain Dutrieux (Le Triadou, France) and Brice Sorli (Montagnac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging method and device configured to provide an image of an implant previously stored in a database, taking into account an arrangement of an implant implanted in a body is disclosed. To this end, a sensor such as...