US Patent Issued to OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION on Feb. 17 for "Mobile ultrawideband radar monitoring thoracic fluid levels and cardio-respiratory function" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,135, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION (Columbus, Ohio).

"Mobile ultrawideband radar monitoring thoracic fluid levels and cardio-respiratory function" was invented by Emre Ertin (Columbus, Ohio) and William T. Abraham (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile bodily imaging system for determination of a lung fluid content is provided, comprising: a stepped-frequency radar generator that generates one or more tone and transmits the one or more tone into a chest of the patient; a sparse deconvolution inversion algorithm to detect reflection points indicating tissue interfaces within the p...