ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,975, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Canary Medical Switzerland AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"In vivo fluid flow sensor" was invented by Mark A. Adler (Carlsbad, Calif.), Steven Cazarez (San Diego) and Jeffrey M. Gross (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for in vivo monitoring of the flow of a biological fluid in an anatomic structure, such as blood flow through a heart valve (e.g., mitral valve, tricuspid valve, and/or aortic valve) or heart chamber. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods can continuously measure and evaluate blood flow forward and backward at an inlet of...