US Patent Issued to Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute on Sept. 15 for "Portable automatic control system for capsule endoscopy in stomach" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,801, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Portable automatic control system for capsule endoscopy in stomach" was invented by Huimin Guo (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Wenchao Wu (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Chun Kit Lau (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated magnetic endoscopy machine has a stationary disk that a person stands on that is surrounded by a rotating ring that has two telescoping poles, each having an electromagnet assembly with an actuator to raise and lower the electromagnet. Magnet current drivers adjust cur...