US Patent Issued to Ulthera on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for enhancing efficacy of ultrasound treatment" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,574, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ulthera Inc. (Mesa, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for enhancing efficacy of ultrasound treatment" was invented by Charles D. Emery (Gilbert, Ariz.), Wohsing P. Chen (Chandler, Ariz.), Robert B. A. Adamson (Halifax, Canada), Peeter Hugo Vihvelin (Sambro Creek, Canada), Daniel Zaenker (Halifax, Canada), Nicholas A. Campbell (Halifax, Canada), Matthew A. Wright (Halifax, Canada), Jeffrey R. Leadbetter (Halifax, Canada) and Jeremy A. Brown (Halifax, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are provided that enhance ultrasound efficacy by for example, high efficiency, signal measurement, cal...