US Patent Issued to CooperSurgical on Sept. 30 for "Blood flow monitors and methods of monitoring characteristics of tissue" (North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,848, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).

"Blood flow monitors and methods of monitoring characteristics of tissue" was invented by Travis Dillon (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Suresh Dwarakaprasad (Medford, N.J.) and David Edwin Petroskey (Lorain, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Blood flow monitors and methods of monitoring characteristics of tissue are described. An example method of monitoring characteristics of tissue includes: placing a tissue flap at a point of treatment, the tissue flap is a section of tissue that includes a blood vessel; attaching a first sensor to the tissue flap to monitor...