ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,385, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ULTRASOUND ASSISTED MEDTECH PTE. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"High-intensity focused ultrasonic device and control method" was invented by Jinqiang Yuan (Guangdong, China), Kena Zhao (Guangdong, China), Jiawei Mao (Guangdong, China), Wenhai Liu (Guangdong, China), Jia Zhou (Guangdong, China) and Zuping Jiang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to a high-intensity focused ultrasonic apparatus and a control method, an image of a region to be treated is obtained by means of an imaging device, a working assembly and a target coordinate point in the region to be treated are locat...