ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,800, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Microcavitation system, device, and ultrasonic probe assembly for generating directional microcavitation" was invented by Aseem Singh (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microcavitation system, device, and ultrasonic probe assembly for generating directional microcavitation includes a cannula and an ultrasonic transmission member. The ultrasonic transmission member has a first end portion and a second end spaced apart from the first end portion. The cannula has a tubular side wall, a cannula lumen, a fluid input port, a proxima...