ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,787, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Systems and methods for monitoring blood flow using a dynamic optical phantom" was invented by Tananant Boonya-ananta (Miami), Andres Julian Rodriguez (Miami) and Jessica Claudia Ramella-Roman (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for monitoring of blood flow using a dynamic phantom that incorporates optical properties and mechanical properties of the tissue surrounding an artery (e.g., the radial artery at the wrist). The phantom can include: a body with optical properties representative of surrou...