US Patent Issued to THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods for determining cell contractility" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,159, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Toronto).

"Systems and methods for determining cell contractility" was invented by Eric Strohm (Mississauga, Canada) and Craig Simmons (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides systems and methods for measuring cell function or tissue function. More particularly, the present application provides systems and methods for determining cell or tissue contractility using ultrasound; systems and methods for measuring the effect an agent has on cell or tissue contractility using ultrasound; and systems and methods for de...