ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,145, issued on April 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for selection and displaying of images using an intravascular ultrasound imaging system" was invented by Anming He Cai (San Jose, Calif.), Wenguang Li (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Lewis J. Thomas III (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for real-time displaying of cross-sectional images during an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging procedure includes, during an intravascular ultrasound imaging procedure, receiving electrical signals from at least one transducer in a catheter as the at least one trans...