ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,306, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Noninvasix Inc. (Galveston, Texas) and The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Using an optical energy meter to normalize acoustic signals generated by laser pulses of various wavelengths to permit accurate calculation of blood oxygenation" was invented by Rinat Esenaliev (League City, Texas), Irene Petrov (Galveston, Texas) and Yuriy Petrov (Galveston, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems, devices, and methods herein make optoacoustic measurements and correct or normalize them for variations in optical energy level of the different light pulses used...