ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,921, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to IC Targets AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Jonny Ostensen (Oslo, Norway) and Willy Eidsaunet (Klofta, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to manganese-enhanced MRI, more specifically to a method for determining a cardiomyocyte cellular manganese uptake rate of a subject, contrast agent comprising a manganese contrast agent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in a method for in vivo diagnosis of heart disease in a subject, a computer-implemented method of determining a cardiomyocyte cellular ...