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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Avvio Medical, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

William Behnke-Parks, San Francisco, CA (US);

David Bell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

AVVIO Medical, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22012 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22014 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22025 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0004 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for ultrasound treatment is presented. The system and method alternatingly provide microbubbles in a target region containing a biomineralization, then insonate the microbubbles using an external ultrasound source. The microbubbles cavitate in the target region, destructively affecting the biomineralization and potentially breaking it or reducing its mass over time as a result of the cavitation action. Spatial orientation or alignment of the external ultrasound source may be achieved for best results using acoustic signatures and spectral representations of the same.


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