US Patent Issued to AVVIO Medical on May 26 for "System and method for comminution of biomineralizations using microbubbles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,024, issued on May 26, was assigned to AVVIO Medical Inc. (San Francisco).

"System and method for comminution of biomineralizations using microbubbles" was invented by William Behnke-Parks (San Francisco) and David Bell (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ultrasound treatment is presented. The system and method alternatingly provide microbubbles in a target region containing a biomineralization, then insonate the microbubbles using an external ultrasound source. The microbubbles cavitate in the target region, destructively affecting the biomineralization and potentially breaking it or reducing its mas...