ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,981, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UtopiaCompression Corp. (Los Angeles).

"Systems and methods for detection of traumatic brain injury using combined 3D computational modeling and elastography" was invented by Priya Ganapathy (West Sacramento, Calif.), Lakshmi Priya Rangaraju (Los Angeles) and Jacob Yadegar (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a unique method and system for combining 3D ONS modeling with an elastography measurement (shear wave pulse measurement at a fixed depth) to capture strain values within the ONS wall tissue giving a more reliable assessment of both prior and current ...