US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Aug. 11 for "Mechanical pulsed ultrasound therapy for modulating neural tissue microenvironments" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,870, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Mechanical pulsed ultrasound therapy for modulating neural tissue microenvironments" was invented by John-Paul Yu (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Short ultrasound pulses or bursts, delivered at intermediate intensity to the target brain tissue transmits acoustic radiation forces into the targeted brain tissue without generating acoustic cavitation and without cellular fractionization. Thus, the present invention exploits the mechanical effects of high-intensity pressure fields only, without cavitation, by optimizing the intera...