US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on Feb. 4 for "Assessment of pulmonary function in coronavirus patients" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,432, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Assessment of pulmonary function in coronavirus patients" was invented by Ayman S. El-Baz (Louisville, Ky.), Ahmed Shalaby (Louisville, Ky.), Mohamed Elsharkawy (Louisville, Ky.), Ahmed Sharafeldeen (Louisville, Ky.), Ahmed Soliman (Louisville, Ky.), Ali Mahmoud (Louisville, Ky.), Harpal Sandhu (Louisville, Ky.) and Guruprasad A. Giridharan (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assessment of pulmonary function in coronavirus patients includes use of a computer aided diagnostic (CAD) system to assess pulmonary function...