US Patent Issued to Wayne State University on July 22 for "Ultrasound, photoacoustic, and viscoelastic imaging systems and methods for cervical analysis to assess risk of preterm delivery" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,432, issued on July 22, was assigned to Wayne State University (Detroit).

"Ultrasound, photoacoustic, and viscoelastic imaging systems and methods for cervical analysis to assess risk of preterm delivery" was invented by Mohammad Mehrmohammadi (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Sonia S. Hassan (Novi, Mich.), Edgar Hernandez-Andrade (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.), Yan Yan (Detroit), Maryam Basij (Detroit) and Nardhy Gomez-Lopez (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system are described for multi-modal, multi-parametric, non-invasive, and real-time assessment of cervical tissue through a multi-modal probe device for use within a va...