US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to evaluate pain and degenerative properties of tissue" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,487, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Systems and methods using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to evaluate pain and degenerative properties of tissue" was invented by Sharmila Majumdar (Alameda, Calif.), John Kurhanewicz (South San Francisco, Calif.), Jeffrey C. Lotz (San Mateo, Calif.), David S. Bradford (Sausalito, Calif.) and Kayvan Keshari (Stockton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A completely non-invasive diagnostic toolset and method to image and localize degeneration and/or pain. Extent of degeneration is determined based on NMR spectroscop...