US Patent Issued to Heartflow on March 24 for "Systems and methods for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability from patient-specific anatomic image data" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,482, issued on March 24, was assigned to Heartflow Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability from patient-specific anatomic image data" was invented by Gilwoo Choi (Mountain View, Calif.), Leo Grady (Darien, Conn.), Michiel Schaap (Oegstgeest, Netherlands) and Charles A. Taylor (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability, using a computer system. One method includes acquiring anatomical image data of at least part of the patient's vascular system; performing, using a processor, one or more image c...