US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on May 26 for "Ultrasonic probe" (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,026, issued on May 26, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Ultrasonic probe" was invented by Charles A. Baker (Rogers, Minn.), James Macione (Ellington, Conn.) and Dennis G. Lamser (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a calculi mass can include using an ultrasonic probe to produce acoustic energy and fragment the mass. The method can include varying the frequency at which fragmentation occurs to treat the mass with a resonant frequency. The ultrasonic probe can have a distal tip for contact with the mass, where the tip has a morphology for concentrating stress on the mass. The ultr...