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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Temple University—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel Alex Weprin, Merion Station, PA (US);

John Noel, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Daniel D. Eun, Radnor, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/067 (2013.01); G01V 3/081 (2013.01); G01V 13/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/7415 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0238 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetometer-based metal detection device and methods of use are described. The device includes a proximal portion, a central body and a distal portion, and at least one magnetometer positioned within or on the distal portion. The at least one magnetometer includes at least one sensor capable of sensing a magnetic field in three orthogonal axes. Also described is a method of calibrating the device to achieve rotational invariance, and a method of determining a directionality or directional line along which a target metal object lies.


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