US Patent Issued to University Of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland, College Park on Feb. 17 for "Handheld non-invasive compartment syndrome detector" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,125, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to University Of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore) and University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Md.).

"Handheld non-invasive compartment syndrome detector" was invented by Li-Qun Zhang (Elkridge, Md.), Andrew N. Pollak (Baltimore), Robert O'Toole (Baltimore) and Giovanni Oppizzi (Hyattsville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for non-invasive detection of compartment syndrome (CS) in a subject, includes an apparatus having a structural body configured to be held in a human hand. The structural body includes a subject contact element that is not in contact with the human hand i...