ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,845, issued on July 29, was assigned to PUsensor AB (Linkoping, Sweden).

"Method and system for assessment of a blood flow" was invented by Anna-Christina Ek (Linkoping, Sweden), Margareta Lindgren (Ljungsbro, Sweden), Johannes Walfridsson (Linkoping, Sweden) and Tova Persson (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for assessment of a blood flow in an area of the skin and underlying tissue of a patient. The method including subjecting the assessed area to at least two different pressure states. The method further includes obtaining blood flow data related to the assessed area while subjecting the assesse...