US Patent Issued to Heartflow on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods for treatment planning based on plaque progression and regression curves" (California, Connecticut, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,219, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Heartflow Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for treatment planning based on plaque progression and regression curves" was invented by Sethuraman Sankaran (Palo Alto, Calif.), Charles A. Taylor (Atherton, Calif.), Gilwoo Choi (Mountain View, Calif.), Michiel Schaap (Redwood City, Calif.), Christopher K. Zarins (Austin, Texas) and Leo Grady (Darien, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating a patient with vascular disease. One method includes receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's vasculature; creating an ...