ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,958, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China) and Shenzhen Mindray Scientific Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Shear wave elasticity measurement method and shear wave elasticity imaging system" was invented by Shuangshuang Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a shear wave elasticity measurement method and a shear wave elasticity imaging system. For each pair of corresponding shear waves, an echo signal within a continuous period of time can be obtained only at a third position, so that an elasticity parameter corresponding to the target area can be ob...