ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,944, issued on June 16, was assigned to Bayer HealthCare LLC (Whippany, N.J.).

"System and method having transition phase in multi-phase injection protocol" was invented by Chelsea Marsh (Pittsburgh), William Barone (Pittsburgh), Michael Spohn (Fenelton, Pa.), Kevin Fleischmann (Bethel Park, Pa.) and Michael Mcdermott (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of delivering a multi-phase fluid injection to a patient via a fluid injector comprising two or more syringes includes injecting a first fluid of the fluid injection from at least a first syringe at a first predetermined flow rate, wherein the first fluid has a first v...