ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,847, issued on March 24, 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 ...