ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,070, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cardiovascular Engineering Inc. (Needham, Mass.).

"Machine learning techniques for estimating carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and/or vascular age from single-site arterial waveform measurements" was invented by Gary F. Mitchell (Dover, Mass.) and John D. Gotal (Framingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Machine learning techniques for estimating an indication of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CFPWV) and/or vascular age (VA) of a subject from an arterial waveform previously measured at a single site by an arterial waveform acquisition device coupled to the subject, the method com...