US Patent Issued to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY on Nov. 11 for "Devices, systems, and methods and associated display screens for assessment of vessels" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,221, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Devices, systems, and methods and associated display screens for assessment of vessels" was invented by Fergus Merritt (Rancho Cordova, Calif.) and Vaishali Mittal (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for visually depicting a vessel and evaluating treatment options are disclosed. The methods can include obtaining pressure measurements from first and second instruments positioned within a vessel of a patient while the second instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel from a first position to a second p...