ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,254, issued on March 17, was assigned to VENSICA MEDICAL LTD. (Netanya, Israel).

"System and method for ultrasonic bladder therapeutic agent delivery" was invented by Avner Geva (Kfar Netter, Israel), Giora Volpert (Pardes Hannah-Karkur, Israel), Avraham Eftel (Tel Aviv, Israel), Leonid Kushkuley (Rehovot, Israel) and Uri Shpolansky (Pardes Hannah-Karkur, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter for ultrasonic-driven bladder therapeutic agent delivery, including: a tube having a proximal expandable portion and a distal end, and at least one transducer sleeve accommodating at least one ultrasound transducer mounted on the tub...