ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,484, issued on June 2, was assigned to MUSCLESOUND INC. (Glendale, Colo.).

"System and method for determining a subject's muscle fuel level, muscle fuel rating, and muscle energy status" was invented by Pierre Sarnow (Littleton, Colo.), Stephen S. Kurtz (Englewood, Colo.), Andrew D. Jackson (Denver) and Wayne Phillips (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a non-invasive system and method for determining a fuel value for a target muscle and potentially at least one indicator muscle. The method includes receiving an ultrasound scan of a target muscle; evaluating at least a portion of the ultrasound scan to determine...