ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,078, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Heartflow Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and method for performing particle-based simulation of fluid flow" was invented by Charles A. Taylor (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be furthe...