US Patent Issued to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE LEON-BERARD on Oct. 14 for "Method for determining a mechanical property of a layered soft material" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,185, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) (Paris), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (Villeurbanne, France) and CENTRE LEON-BERARD (Lyons, France).

"Method for determining a mechanical property of a layered soft material" was invented by Stefan Catheline (Lyons, France), Jean-Yves Chapelon (Lyons, France) and Cyril Lafon (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This method for determining a mechanical property of a layered soft material, includes steps of a) generating an ultrasound wave (W1) focused towards a first point (P1) of the material, said wave, upon intera...