ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,635, issued on June 3, was assigned to MDSG Innovation Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Apparatus and method for treating kidneys" was invented by Benny Rousso (Rishon-LeZion, Israel), Naama Winetraub (Holon, Israel), Boaz Rippin (Beit Yehoshua, Israel), Lior Eshel (Rishon-LeZion, Israel), Assaf Erell (Ramat-Gan, Israel) and Rodny Zarini (Doar-Na Shimshon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to means and methods for modifying renal function in a subject, comprising selecting a patient requiring an increment in renal function; emitting a quantity of ultrasound radiation, enough to provide an increment in renal f...