ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,359, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GIVEN IMAGING LTD. (Yoqneam, Israel).
"Medical patch" was invented by Eyal David (Atlit, Israel), Eli Ziv (Karmiel, Israel), Yaniv Birnboim (Shaarey Tiqwa, Israel), Avishag Spillinger (Kiriat Haim, Israel) and Vitaly Fastovsky (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical patch configured for being applied to a patient and for communicating with an in-vivo device located within the patient's body; The medical patch comprises an adhesive surface configured for adhering the patch to the patient's skin; and a communication arrangement configured for providing communication between the me...