ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,560, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LUTRONIC Corp. (Goyang-si, South Korea).

"Cartridge for high intensity focused ultrasound generator apparatus and apparatus including the same" was invented by Kwangchon Ko (Goyang-si, South Korea), Jae Won Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Hyun Lee (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cartridge that can fundamentally prevent twisting of wires when a transducer rotates infinitely, and a focused ultrasound generator including the same. According to the present disclosure, the transducer can be rotated infinitely, so a wide range of treatments...