US Patent Issued to The University of Washington on April 29 for "Non-planar holographic beam shaping lenses for acoustics" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,636, issued on April 29, was assigned to The University of Washington (Seattle).

"Non-planar holographic beam shaping lenses for acoustics" was invented by Michael R. Bailey (Seattle), Mohamed Abdalla Ghanem (Seattle) and Adam D. Maxwell (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Non-planar holographic beam shaping lenses for acoustics are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ultrasonic therapy system that is configured to apply ultrasound to a target in a body includes: an ultrasonic transducer configured to generate the ultrasound; and a customizable holographic lens configured to focus the ultrasound onto a focal area of a target t...