ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,193, issued on July 14, was assigned to CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Rome).

"Scintigraphic intracavitary measurement device" was invented by Alessandro Soluri (Rome) and Roberto Massari (Nettuno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a scintigraphic intracavitary measurement device (100) comprising a supporting rod (10) extending along a main direction of extension (X) and a measuring head (20) coupled or integrated with a first end (10a) of said supporting rod (10). The measuring head (20) comprises at least one collimation element (30) configured to filter gamma radiation emitted by a source (S) defined by a suit...