ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,731, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sofwave Medical Ltd. (Yokneam Illit, Israel).
"Ultrasound transducer and system" was invented by Ariel Sverdlik (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Rana Bassal (Haifa, Israel) and Ilya Glants (Petach-Tikva, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the invention relate to an applicator for applying ultrasound energy to a tissue volume, comprising: an array comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers, the transducers arranged side by side, the transducers configured to emit unfocused ultrasound energy suitable to thermally damage at least a portion of the tissue volume, each of the transduc...