US Patent Issued to Alpheus Medical on May 12 for "Incoherent field sonodynamic therapy for treating cancer" (New York, Minnesota, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,094, issued on May 12, was assigned to Alpheus Medical Inc. (Chanhassen, Minn.).

"Incoherent field sonodynamic therapy for treating cancer" was invented by Vijay Agarwal (New York), Braden Eliason (Minneapolis), Jeremy Ling (Mendota Heights, Minn.), John Ballard (Waconia, Minn.) and Gregg Miller (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasound transducer element arrays using acoustic ensonification drive patterns via a patient interface for sonosensitizer activation in sonodynamic therapy. Incoherent acoustic field generation varying phase, frequencies, and/or amplitude via controlled delivery of low intensity planar acoustic...