ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,039, issued on June 16, was assigned to THERACLION SA (Malakoff, France).

"Method, device, and method for using of a device to coagulate varicose veins with high-intensity focused ultrasound" was invented by Jeremie Anquez (Paris), Anthony Grisey (Saint Cyr l'Ecole, France) and Nesrine Barnat (Bezons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a method and a device to treat vessels. In particular, the invention is directed at a method to occlude varicose veins while avoiding the formation of bubble clouds in the tissue surrounding the vessel and/or their interaction with the ultrasound beam. The invention is furthe...