US Patent Issued to EKOS on Oct. 20 for "Method and apparatus for treatment of intracranial hemorrhages" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,897, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to EKOS Corp. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Method and apparatus for treatment of intracranial hemorrhages" was invented by Robert L. Wilcox (Bothell, Wash.) and Ronald L. Haas (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound catheter with fluid delivery lumens, fluid evacuation lumens and a light source is used for the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot in the brain, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the fluid delivery lumens while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefi...