ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,954, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Kagami Inc. (Osaka, Japan) and National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for assisting evaluation of condition of kidneys, system for evaluating condition of kidneys, and program for evaluating condition of kidneys" was invented by Masashi Mita (Tokyo), Tatsuhiko Ikeda (Tokyo) and Tomonori Kimura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for assisting in the evaluation of the condition of kidneys, a system for evaluating the condition of kidneys, and a program for evaluating the condition of kidneys, usi...