ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,550, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc. (Bothell, Wash.).

"System and method for simultaneous acquisition of pulsed-wave doppler and color doppler for retrospective analysis of cardiovascular function" was invented by Christopher White (Vancouver, Canada), Stephen Buttars (Toronto) and Melissa Yin (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for simultaneous acquisition of pulsed-wave Doppler and color Doppler for retrospective analysis of cardiovascular function are disclosed. In aspects, imaging techniques are used for acquisition of raw partly processed ultrasound data. The ultra...