US Patent Issued to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte on March 24 for "Methods for surfactant enhanced laser-induced vapor bubbles for use in laser lithotripsy" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,473, issued on March 24, was assigned to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Methods for surfactant enhanced laser-induced vapor bubbles for use in laser lithotripsy" was invented by Thomas C. Hutchens (Charlotte, N.C.), Nicholas C. Giglio (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Nathaniel M. Fried (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for surfactant enhanced laser-induced vapor bubbles for use in laser lithotripsy. Urinary tract stone disease is a common and costly disease that effects approximately 10% of the United States population. A preferred minimally invasive method for treatment of urinary tract ston...