ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,779, issued on July 28, was assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Kuva Labs Inc. (Houston).

"Methods for magnetic resonance imaging of nanoconstructs and uses thereof" was invented by Scott D. Swanson (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Thomas Hopkins (Sylvania, Ohio) and Andrew Hopkins (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agents containing nanoconstructs therein using diffusion-weighted fast-spin echo (FSE) or gradient-and-spin echo (GRASE) processes are described herein."

The patent was filed on June 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/749,012.

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