ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,960, issued on May 26, was assigned to Lucerno Dynamics LLC (Cary, N.C.).

"In vivo measurement system and method for the localized measurement of radiotracer concentration in the body" was invented by Joshua G. Knowland (Cary, N.C.), Ronald K. Lattanze (Morrisville, N.C.), Paul David Mozley (Collegeville, Pa.) and Steven Perrin (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a device for in-vivo measurements radiopharmaceuticals used for diagnosis and monitoring of radiotherapy are presented. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a device having a cannula that may include a measurement chamber, a r...