US Patent Issued to AerWave Medical on Dec. 23 for "Bronchial denervation using integrated A-mode signal for optimization of ultrasound treatment" (New York, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,559, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AerWave Medical Inc. (New York).

"Bronchial denervation using integrated A-mode signal for optimization of ultrasound treatment" was invented by Reinhard J. Warnking (Westlake, Fla.) and Satoshi Nishiaoki (Setauket, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for deactivating bronchial nerves extending along a bronchial branch of a mammalian subject to treat asthma and related conditions. An ultrasonic transducer (11) is inserted into the bronchus as, for example, by advancing the distal end of a catheter (10) bearing the transducer into the bronchial section to be treated. The ul...