US Patent Issued to Atherosys on April 8 for "Method and apparatus for the automatic detection of atheromas in peripheral arteries" (Washington, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,552, issued on April 8, was assigned to Atherosys Inc. (Issaquah, Wash.).

"Method and apparatus for the automatic detection of atheromas in peripheral arteries" was invented by Ram L. Bedi (Issaquah, Wash.), Todor Jeliaskov (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Charles D. Emery (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting the presence of an atheroma in an artery of interest using an ultrasound apparatus can include performing a first procedure on a first day. The first procedure can include detecting one or more blood vessels in a target region of a patient's body. The procedure can include identifying, from the one or mor...