ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,759, issued on May 27, was assigned to Heartflow Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for diagnosis, risk assessment, and/or virtual treatment assessment of visceral ischemia" was invented by Leo J. Grady (Millbrae, Calif.), Charles A. Taylor (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Christopher K. Zarins (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for diagnosis, risk assessment, and/or virtual treatment assessment of visceral ischemia and related disorders. One method includes receiving a patient-specific anatomic model of a patient's visceral vasculature, including visceral vasculature of the p...