US Patent Issued to Profound Medical on March 25 for "System and method for open-loop ultrasound therapy" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,459, issued on March 25, was assigned to Profound Medical Inc. (Mississauga, Canada).

"System and method for open-loop ultrasound therapy" was invented by Mathieu Allard (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for delivering ultrasound therapy using open-loop controls comprises inserting a distal tip of a therapeutic ultrasound applicator into a patient's urethra, the distal tip including an ultrasound transducer; acquiring ultrasound images of the patient's urethra and prostate with an ultrasound imaging probe; aligning the distal tip of the therapeutic ultrasound applicator with the patient's prostate using th...