US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on June 24 for "Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging thermometry" (Colorado, Texas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,748, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).

"Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging thermometry" was invented by Christine R. Drown (Westminster, Colo.), Andrew Wald (Fort Worth, Texas), Rebecca L. Vincelette (Broomfield, Colo.) and William A Grissom (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method to analyze image data. The image data may be used to assist in determine the presence of a feature in the image. The feature may include a bubble."

The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/438,361.

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