US Patent Issued to HistoSonics on June 3 for "Histotripsy systems and methods" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,636, issued on June 3, was assigned to HistoSonics Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Histotripsy systems and methods" was invented by Alexander P. Duryea (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Connor Edsall (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Tyler I. Gerhardson (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A histotripsy therapy system configured for the treatment of tissue is provided, which may include any number of features. Provided herein are systems and methods that provide efficacious non-invasive and minimally invasive therapeutic, diagnostic and research procedures. In particular, provided herein are optimized systems and methods that provide targeted, efficaciou...