ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,890, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) (Paris), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS (Paris) and ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (Paris).

"3-D ultrasound coronarography, a non-ionizing and non-invasive technology for multi-scale anatomical and functional imaging of coronary circulation" was invented by Mathieu Pernot (Paris), Mickael Tanter (Paris), Clement Papadacci (Paris) and Oscar Demeulenaere (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of ultrasounds and imagining of ...