ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,336, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Heartflow Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for an interactive tool for determining and visualizing a functional relationship between a vascular network and perfused tissue" was invented by Clara Jaquet (Paris), Michiel Schaap (Oegstgeest, Netherlands), Ying Bai (Belmont, Calif.), Leo J. Grady (Darien, Conn.) and Charles A. Taylor (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for creating an interactive tool for determining and displaying a functional relationship between a vascular network and an associated perfused tissue. One method inclu...