US Patent Issued to CORPORATION DE L'ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL on Aug. 19 for "Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,197, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CORPORATION DE L'ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL (Montreal).

"Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging" was invented by Simon Blais (Montreal, Canada), Jonathan Poree (Montreal, Canada) and Jean Provost (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method for ultrasound imaging comprising applying an ultrasound modulation wave at a fixed frequency F1 and a period P1 to a target in a body, the body having received an injection of microbubbles through a fluid, the modulation wave causing the microbubbles to undergo stable acoustic cavitation, emitting, toward the target a...