ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,808, issued on April 21, was assigned to ATHEROSOFT Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Coronary artery stent prediction method, device, and recording medium using deep learning based on ultrasound image" was invented by Soo Jin Kang (Seoul, South Korea), June Goo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Seok Min (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyung Joo Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deep learning-based stent prediction method including: setting as a region of interest, a region in which a procedure is to be performed among blood vessel regions of a target patient, and obtaining a first intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image, wh...