US Patent Issued to Duke University, The University of Chicago on Oct. 6 for "Compositions and methods for laser lithotripsy using nanoparticle fine-tuned NIR absorption" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,766, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.) and The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"Compositions and methods for laser lithotripsy using nanoparticle fine-tuned NIR absorption" was invented by Pei Zhong (Durham, N.C.), Qingsong Fan (Chicago), Po-Chun Hsu (Durham, N.C.), Christine Payne (Durham, N.C.) and Michael Lipkin (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing laser lithotripsy include introducing a lithotripsy medium containing nanoparticles into a body cavity comprising target obstructions and applying laser energy through the lithotripsy medium to disrupt the target ...