US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics on May 26 for "Elastography for ligament characterization" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,085, issued on May 26, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Elastography for ligament characterization" was invented by Brian W. Mckinnon (Arlington, Tenn.) and Daniel Farley (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system for characterizing ligament properties using elastography are disclosed. An ultrasound system capable of performing shear wave elasticity imaging and/or supersonic shear imaging may retrieve one or more images from a proposed surgical site. The one or more images may be provide...