US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK on July 29 for "Systems and methods for blood-brain barrier opening and cavitation imaging using a diagnostic imaging array" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,880, issued on July 29, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York).

"Systems and methods for blood-brain barrier opening and cavitation imaging using a diagnostic imaging array" was invented by Elisa E. Konofagou (New York), Mark Burgess (Ramsey, N.J.), Robin Ji (New York) and Alec J. Batts (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present subject matter relates to techniques for simultaneous blood-brain barrier opening and cavitation imaging. The disclosed system can include a transducer and a processor. The transducer can be configured to generate a plurality of focused transmits and s...