US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on March 24 for "Minimally invasive histotripsy systems and methods" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,848, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Minimally invasive histotripsy systems and methods" was invented by Zhen Xu (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Timothy Lewis Hall (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Greyson Stocker (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Man Zhang (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Minimally invasive histotripsy systems and methods are provided. In some embodiments, a minimally invasive histotripsy device is inserted into a patient. The device can be inserted endoscopically through a natural orifice of the patient, or laparoscopically through an incision in the patient's skin. Th...