ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,807, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Ulthera Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Devices and methods for multi-focus ultrasound therapy" was invented by Charles D. Emery (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a dermatological cosmetic treatment and imaging system and method can include use of transducer to simultaneously or substantially simultaneously produce multiple cosmetic treatment zones in tissue. The system can include a hand wand, a removable transducer module, a control module, and/or graphical user interface. In some embodiments, the cosmetic treatment system may be used in cosmetic procedures, including brow ...