US Patent Issued to Multi-Magnetics on Sept. 15 for "Biomedical imaging of bacteria and viruses" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,260, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Multi-Magnetics Inc. (London, Calif.).

"Biomedical imaging of bacteria and viruses" was invented by Donna E. Goldhawk (London, Canada), Jeremy Burton (London, Canada), Michael Silverman (London, Canada), Frank S. Prato (London, Canada), Sarah Catherine Donnelly (London, Canada), Steven Foster (London, Canada), Robert Terry Thompson (London, Canada) and Michael Zhang (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a non-invasive imaging method of bacteria. One embodiment comprises labeling the bacteria with a radioisotope, then delivering it to the gut of a human or ani...