ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,226, issued on April 21, was assigned to CAMTOMSAM AB (Huddinge, Sweden).
"Radiation therapy reference positioning marker" was invented by Ingemar Naslund (Huddinge, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a radiation therapy or microwave therapy or cryosurgery or ultrasound therapy reference positioning marker (5) adapted to be implanted in tissue using a hollow injection needle (4), wherein the marker comprises an elongated object with a longitudinal axis (CL) and have cross-sections (A-A, B-B, C-C, D-D, E-E, F-F) of the object, perpendicular to said longitudinal axis (CL), being adapted to fit withi...