US Patent Issued to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings on Oct. 6 for "Devices and techniques for ultrasound therapy via a dialysis system" (California, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,132, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Devices and techniques for ultrasound therapy via a dialysis system" was invented by David Yuds (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Martin Crnkovich (Hudson, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis-ultrasound system is described that includes an ultrasound therapy device integrated with a catheter to incorporate ultrasound therapy into a dialysis system. The ultrasound device may be or may include a high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) device or peripheral focused ultrasound stimulation (pFUS) device. The ultrasound therapy may target the ...