US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE on May 12 for "System and method for assessment of cardiac stroke volume and volume responsiveness" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,668, issued on May 12, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore).

"System and method for assessment of cardiac stroke volume and volume responsiveness" was invented by Sarah B. Murthi (Lutherville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods using ultrasound to predict if a patient's cardiac stroke volume will increase with a fluid bolus. Ultrasound measures are taken before administering a fluid bolus, including measurement of the left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral (LVOT VTI), and venous measurements of the internal jugular vein. Data collected from such ultrasound scan ...