US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, The Research Foundation for The State University of New York on April 21 for "Methods of detection of mechanically-activated platelet activation and uses thereof" (Arizona, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,797, issued on April 21, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.) and The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, N.Y.).

"Methods of detection of mechanically-activated platelet activation and uses thereof" was invented by Marvin J. Slepian (Tucson, Ariz.), Yana Roka-Moiia (Tucson, Ariz.) and Danny Bluestein (Stony Brook, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biochemical markers that can be measured to determine the level of mechanical activation of a population of platelets are provided, and their use to prepare molecular signatures thereof are provided....