US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on Feb. 10 for "Medical apparatus for insertion into a body passage and methods for use" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,942, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York).

"Medical apparatus for insertion into a body passage and methods for use" was invented by Amy Wu (New Windsor, N.Y.), Peter Yim (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), Miriam Saffern (Bergenfield, N.J.), Xiaomeng Xian (Guangzhou, China), Mary Grace Gana (Colts Neck, N.J.) and Samuel Castro (Lakewood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical apparatus for insertion into an internal passage of a subject is provided having a body portion defining an exterior surface; one or more sensors disposed on the exterior surface of the body po...