US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK on March 17 for "Magnetic resonance methods and devices for characterizing a pattern of flow of a fluid" (Canadian, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,291, issued on March 17, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK (Fredericton, Canada).

"Magnetic resonance methods and devices for characterizing a pattern of flow of a fluid" was invented by Bruce J. Balcom (Fredericton, Canada), Michael M. B. Ross (St. Andrews, Canada), Jiangfeng Guo (Beijing) and Benedict Newling (Fredericton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic resonance method and device for characterizing the pattern of flow of a flowing fluid including the steps of flowing the fluid through a conduit, wherein a segment of the conduit defines a measurement volume, subjecting the flowing fluid in the measu...