ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,018, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Curative Sound LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Handheld focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy device, kit, and method" was invented by Jeffrey Phillip McAteer (Carmel, Ind.), Geoffry N. Barber (New Castle, Ind.), James V. Olson Jr. (Indianapolis) and Randal Douglas Wood (New Palestine, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (f-ESWT) system includes an f-ESWT device and a plurality of interchangeable standoff structures. The f-ESWT device includes a housing. The f-ESWT device is configured to generate a focused shock wave as a combination of a plurality of individ...