ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,234, issued on March 18, was assigned to University of Macau (Taipa, China) and CATYDID Technology Ltd. (Taipa, China).

"Systems and methods for transdermally detecting tissue ischemia and evaluating organ function using serum luminescence" was invented by Tzu-Ming Liu (Taipa, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the early sensing of tissue ischemia and/or infarctions within organs using the spectroscopic features of serum luminescence include (i) isolating serum from a blood sample, (ii) directing an excitation light at the serum, (iii) receiving an endogenous serum chromophore emission light from the excited serum, and...