US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Nov. 3 for "Methods for quantifying pancreatic beta cell function and mass properties with radiomanganese positron emission tomography" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,532, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Methods for quantifying pancreatic beta cell function and mass properties with radiomanganese positron emission tomography" was invented by Weibo Cai (Madison, Wis.), Robert Nickles (Madison, Wis.), Reinier Hernandez (Madison, Wis.) and Stephen Graves (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for imaging beta cells in pancreatic tissue using radioisotopes of manganese, which may be referred to as radiomanganese, are described. Example radioisotopes of manganese include Mn-52g, Mn-52m, and Mn-51. As one example, radiomanganese can ...