ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,532, issued on June 23, was assigned to BESHAPE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Kfar-Saba, Israel).

"Device and method for ultrasound treatment of biological tissue" was invented by Vitaly Karakuz (Kfar-Saba, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is presented for applying heat-based tissue treatment to an individual's body part. The medical device includes an applicator carrying a transducer arrangement controllably operable to perform a treatment session on at least one region of interest in tissue to achieve a desired treatment effect. The applicator is configured to define a substantially U-shaped surface presenting a U-shaped...