ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,027, issued on March 25, was assigned to MEDIBEACON INC. (St. Louis).
"Transcutaneous organ function measurement" was invented by Ralf Heinrich (Schwegenheim, Germany), Johannes Pill (Leimen, Germany), Sabine Neudecker (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Daniel Schock-Kusch (Mannheim, Germany), Juergen Guenther (Schriesheim, Germany), Stefan Koenig (Lorsch, Germany) and Jochen Friedemann (Altrip, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for determining an organ function in a subject, comprising the steps of: providing a first concentration-time curve obtained by transcutaneously measuring in a body fluid...