ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,585, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Best Medical International Inc. (Springfield, Va.).

"Tissue imaging system and method for tissue imaging" was invented by Vineet Gupta (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tissue imaging system, incorporates an integrated X-Ray and Ultrasound Imaging system. The X-Ray system is used for imaging and generating a 3D Volume of the extracted tissue sample (specimen). The Ultrasound imaging system is used for imaging the body area of interest of the patient from which the tissue sample is to be extracted. On the display of the system, the physician draws contours on the area of interest an...