ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,097, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NanoEcho AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Magnetomotive probe and method of use thereof" was invented by Maria Evertsson (Lund, Sweden) and Tomas Jansson (Lund, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetomotive imaging probe device and method is described. The probe device includes a housing having an outer surface and an inner cavity; a magnet; a sensing device configured to detect distance, movement, or magnetic material. The magnet is arranged in the inner cavity of the housing and the sensing device on the outer surface of the housing, and the magnet is arranged to generate a time-varying magnetic fie...