US Patent Issued to Heartflow on June 24 for "Systems and methods for treatment planning based on plaque progression and regression curves" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,763, issued on June 24, was assigned to Heartflow Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for treatment planning based on plaque progression and regression curves" was invented by Sethuraman Sankaran (Redwood City, Calif.), Charles A. Taylor (Redwood City, Calif.), Gilwoo Choi (Redwood City, Calif.), Michiel Schaap (Redwood City, Calif.), Christopher K. Zarins (Redwood City, Calif.) and Leo Grady (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating a patient with vascular disease. One method includes receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's vascu...