ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,913, issued on July 7, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).
"System for delivering hyperthermia treatments" was invented by Punit Prakash (Manhattan, Kan.), Stefan H. Bossmann (Manhattan, Kan.) and Sergio Curto (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for delivering in vivo hyperthermia treatments to a subject and methods of performing such treatments are provided. The apparatus comprises an imaging device, such as an MRI scanner, a microwave applicator, and a controller to target particular tissues within the subjects body for hyperthermia treatment. The microwave appl...