US Patent Issued to KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS on Sept. 9 for "Ultrasound-based microparticle trapping and stimulation device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,346, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Ultrasound-based microparticle trapping and stimulation device" was invented by Byung Jeon Kang (Gwangju, South Korea), Jong Oh Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chang Sei Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Eun Pyo Choi (Gwangju, South Korea), Do Yeon Bang (Gwangju, South Korea) and Han Sol Lee (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an ultrasound-based microparticle trapping and stimulation device. A transducer array system, according to the present invention, focuses high-intensity ultraso...