US Patent Issued to NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED, MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY on Nov. 4 for "System and method for magnetic resonance neurography using intravenous ultrasmall supraparamagnetic iron oxide particles" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,244, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED, MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY (New York).

"System and method for magnetic resonance neurography using intravenous ultrasmall supraparamagnetic iron oxide particles" was invented by Darryl B. Sneag (Plainview, N.Y.) and Ek Tsoon Tan (Westbury, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations provide a method for imaging one or more peripheral nerves in a region of a subject, which method includes: introducing a dose of an iron-based agent into the subject, wherein the dose causes a reduction of a T2 relaxation tim...