US Patent Issued to ACOUSTIC MEDSYSTEMS on Jan. 27 for "Image-guided pulsed volume focused ultrasound" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,532, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ACOUSTIC MEDSYSTEMS INC. (Savoy, Ill.).

"Image-guided pulsed volume focused ultrasound" was invented by Everette C. Burdette (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a source of ultrasound energy comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers. Each of the plurality of ultrasound transducers is configured to direct ultrasound energy to a treatment region located at a depth below a skin surface associated with a patient. The apparatus further comprises a control system for controlling power to the plurality of ultrasound transducers and a water circulation system f...