ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,146, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EXACT THERAPEUTICS AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Method of using high-frequency sound waves" was invented by Andrew John Healey (Moss, Norway), Per Christian Sontum (Oslo, Norway) and Svein Kvale (As, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure related to a method of using high frequency sound waves directed toward an acoustically active particle. The high frequency sound waves may be configured to enlarge the acoustically active particle and oscillate the acoustically active particle, thereby facilitating extravasation of an agent to a tissue compartment of a region of interest."

The pat...