US Patent Issued to Tissue Differentiation Intelligence on May 20 for "Methods and systems for improved nerve detection" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,325, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tissue Differentiation Intelligence LLC (Delray Beach, Fla.).

"Methods and systems for improved nerve detection" was invented by Kern Singh (Chicago), Trong Nguyen (Champaign, Ill.), Sachin Gupta (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Michael Oelze (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects described herein disclose devices, systems, and methods for use in contexts such as minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Methods of use of radio frequency (RF) techniques for improved nerve detection in association with an ultrasound detection system are described. The methods include the use of RF echoes in the dete...