ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,692, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Method for synchronizing microrobot operation control and position recognition using dual hybrid electromagnet module" was invented by Jong Oh Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ja Young Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Manh Cuong Hoang (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for synchronizing microrobot operation control and position recognition using a dual hybrid electromagnet module, and specifically, precise driving of a microrobot and position recognition of the microrobot ma...