ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,524, issued on July 8, was assigned to BRAINSONIX Corp. (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).
"Treating degenerative dementia with low intensity focused ultrasound pulsation (LIFUP) device" was invented by Shelly Jordan (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Mark Evan Schafer (Ambler, Pa.), Alex Korb (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Walter William Wurster (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasonic energy is used for treating degenerative dementia. A focal point of an ultrasonic transducer beam is directed at a target area of the brain to promote removal of substances that accumulate in the interstitial pathways that are at least partially responsib...