ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,320, issued on March 24.

"Assessment of a vessel" was invented by Jung W. Suh (Palo Alto, Calif.), Todd Suchecki (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Thomas M. Snyder (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Robert F. Wilson (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One method for assessing a vessel can include obtaining a set of first location pressure measurements at a first location in the vessel over a first time period and a set of second location pressure measurements at a second location in the vessel over the first time period. This method can further include identifying a first leading characteristic associated with one or more pressure measurement...