US Patent Issued to Queen Mary University of London on June 23 for "Locomotion system for a medical device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,993, issued on June 23, was assigned to Queen Mary University of London (London).

"Locomotion system for a medical device" was invented by Mohamed Adhnan Thaha (London), Mohammad Hasan Shaheed (London) and Julius Esmann Bernth (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locomotion system for use in a medical device, including at least one magnet, a rotor including a plurality of coil windings, and a ferromagnetic member. The rotor is configured, on application of a current to the plurality of coil windings, to travel along the ferromagnetic member and to impact on a surface."

The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2021, under Application No...