ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,137, issued on April 21, was assigned to SHENZHEN PEOPLES HOSPITAL (Shenzhen, China).

"Volume management apparatus, device, and storage medium for emergency treatment" was invented by Zhongliang Dai (Shenzhen, China) and Miao Lin (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A volume management apparatus includes a cardiac evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether the patient suffers from an organic heart disease based on an image of apical four chamber view; a parameter determination unit configured to determine a maximum inner diameter of inferior vena cava and a collapse rate of inferior vena cava based on an image of subx...