ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,781, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (Safat, Kuwait).

"Left ventricle imaging phantom" was invented by Ahmad Tawfiq Alenezi (Safat, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The left ventricle imaging phantom includes a housing, a syringe, a balloon and a reservoir for receiving a liquid. The syringe has a barrel and a plunger, with the barrel having a fluid port. The balloon is in fluid communication with the fluid port of the barrel. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the balloon and the fluid port of the barrel of the syringe. The plunger is selectively and controllably moved within the barrel of the syr...