Intellectual Property

Starting in 2020, the Foundation began tracking all new focused ultrasound patents issued by the US Patent Office.  This page is updated on a quarterly basis.

For companies seeking intellectual property advice, we have also provided a curated a list of IP/regulatory lawyers.

January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2024

The list below was compiled using the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s database. 


Patents Issued 

  • Patent Number: 12016726B2
  • Patent Title: Flexible ultrasound transducer and method for manufacturing the same
  • Patent Owner: Korea Institute Of Science And Technology
  • Date Issued: June 24, 2024
  • Patent Number: 12011619B2
  • Patent Title: Low intensity focused ultrasound for treating cancer and metastasis
  • Patent Owner: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College Of Medicine
  • Date Issued: June 18, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11998764B2
  • Patent Title: Extracorporeal focused ultrasound treatment device for pelvic disease
  • Patent Owner: Chongqing Haifu Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Date Issued: June 4, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11980778B2
  • Patent Title: Histotripsy systems and methods
  • Patent Owner: Histosonics, Inc.
  • Date Issued: May 14, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11957936B2
  • Patent Title: Passive wire reflectors for improved image quality in MR-guided focused ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: Vanderbilt University
  • Date Issued: April 16, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11944849B2
  • Patent Title: Title Systems and methods for combined cosmetic treatment of cellulite with ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: Ulthera, Inc.
  • Date Issued: April 2, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11896853
  • Patent Title: Transrectal Ultrasound Probe For Boiling Histotripsy Ablation Of Prostate, And Associated Systems And Methods
  • Patent Owner: University of Washington
  • Date Issued: February 13, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11878190
  • Patent Title: Triboelectric Generator Including Nano-composite Time-limited Via Selective Ultrasound Application Thereto And Neurostimulation Therapy Device Using The Same
  • Patent Owner: ENERGY MINING CO., LTD (Korea)
  • Date Issued: January 23, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11872415
  • Patent Title: Device System And Method For Trans-cranial Focused Ultrasound Without Hair Shaving
  • Patent Owner: John Moshe Gomori
  • Date Issued: January 16, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11857813
  • Patent Title: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Systems For Treating Tissue
  • Patent Owner: University of Washington
  • Date Issued: January 2, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11857807
  • Patent Title: Simulation-based Drug Treatment Planning
  • Patent Owner: INSIGHTEC, LTD.
  • Date Issued: January 2, 2024
  • Patent Number: 11826205
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound Imaging Method And System
  • Patent Owner: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Date Issued: November 28, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11819712
  • Patent Title: Histotripsy Using Very Short Ultrasound Pulses
  • Patent Owner: The Regents of the University of Michigan
  • Date Issued: November 21, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11813484
  • Patent Title: Histotripsy Systems And Methods
  • Patent Owner: HistoSonics, Inc.
  • Date Issued: November 14, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11813485
  • Patent Title: Systems And Methods For Histotripsy Immunosensitization
  • Patent Owner: The Regents of the University of Michigan; The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Date Issued: November 14, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11806553
  • Patent Title: Transducer Assembly For Generating Focused Ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (Halifax, CA)
  • Date Issued: November 7, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11801401
  • Patent Title: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Transducer Optimization
  • Patent Owner: Profound Medical Inc.
  • Date Issued: October 31, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11801400
  • Patent Title: Therapy Apparatus For Treating Tissue By The Emission Of Remote Crossed Focused Ultrasound Waves
  • Patent Owner: EDAP TMS FRANCE; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDECALE (INSERM); UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1; CENTRE LEON BERARD
  • Date Issued: October 31, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11786468
  • Patent Title: Nanoparticles
  • Patent Owner: King's College, London
  • Date Issued: October 17, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11786215
  • Patent Title: Methods Of Detecting, Measuring, Or Imaging A Concentration Or Location Of A Therapeutic Agent
  • Patent Owner: Washington University
  • Date Issued: October 17, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11752687
  • Patent Title: Method For 3D Printing And 3D Printer Using Ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Date Issued: September 12, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11730960
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound Systems And Associated Devices And Methods For Modulating Brain Activity
  • Patent Owner: ATTUNE NEUROSCIENCES, INC. (Menlo Park, CA)
  • Date Issued: August 22, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11691032
  • Patent Title: Cartridge For High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Device Comprising Piezoelectric Linear Motor And Piezoelectric Linear Motor
  • Patent Owner: ECO DM LAB Co., Ltd. (South Korea)
  • Date Issued: July 4, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11667975
  • Patent Title: Methods And Systems For Noninvasive And Localized Brain Liquid Biopsy Using Focused Ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: Washington University
  • Date Issued: June 6, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11653839
  • Patent Title: Devices And Methods For Fractionated Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry
  • Patent Owner: BioVentures, LLC (Arkansas, US)
  • Date Issued: May 23, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11644520
  • Patent Title: Systems And Methods For Magnetic Resonance Based Skull Thermometry
  • Patent Owner: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
  • Date Issued: May 9, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11596379
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound Treatment Device For HIFU And Ultrasound Image, And Control Method Therefor
  • Patent Owner: Sogang University Research Foundation (Korea)
  • Date Issued: March 7, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11596812
  • Patent Title: Wearable Transcranial Dual-mode Ultrasound Transducers For Neuromodulation
  • Patent Owner: Regents of the University of Minnesota
  • Date Issued: March 7, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11577096
  • Patent Title: Systems And Methods For Modulation And Mapping Of Brain Tissue Using An Ultrasound Assembly
  • Patent Owner: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
  • Date Issued: February 14, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11580945
  • Patent Title: Confinement Or Movement Of An Object Using Focused Ultrasound Waves To Generate An Ultrasound Intensity Well
  • Patent Owner: University of Washington
  • Date Issued: February 14, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11554166
  • Patent Title: Immunogenic Treatment Of Cancer
  • Patent Owner: Immodulon Therapeutics Limited (London)
  • Date Issued: January 17, 2023
  • Patent Number: 11524183
  • Patent Title: System, Apparatus, And Method For Delivering Ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: Sonoblate Corp
  • Date Issued: December 13, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11524182
  • Patent Title: Non-invasive Treatment System Using Intermedium
  • Patent Owner: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
  • Date Issued: December 13, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11497465
  • Patent Title: Method for Treatment of a Vascular Lesion
  • Patent Owner: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
  • Date Issued: November 15, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11491352
  • Patent Title: High-low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment Apparatus
  • Patent Owner: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
  • Date Issued: November 8, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11484207
  • Patent Title: Method and System for Correcting Focus Location in Magnetic Resonance Guided FUS Surgery
  • Patent Owner: Soochow University (Taipei)
  • Date Issued: November 1, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11471705
  • Patent Title: HIFU Skin Care Device and Cartridge
  • Patent Owner: Medicon Co, Ltd (Wonju-Si, Korea)
  • Date Issued: October 18, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11464482
  • Patent Title: System And Method For Measuring And Correcting Ultrasound Phase Distortions Induced By Aberrating Media
  • Patent Owner: Sunnybrook Research Institute (Toronto)
  • Date Issued: October 11, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,452,887
  • Patent Title: Ultrasonic Stimulation Device Using Guide Framework
  • Patent Owner: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
  • Date Issued: September 27, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,439,364
  • Patent Title: Ultrasonic Imaging Devices, Systems and Methods
  • Patent Owner: BFLY Operations, Inc (US)
  • Date Issued: September 13, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,406,848
  • Patent Title: Ultrasonic Therapy Device Using HIFU And Control Method Thereof
  • Patent Owner: Sogang University Research Foundation (Seoul)
  • Date Issued: August 9, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,383,106
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound Therapy System
  • Patent Owner: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Tokyo)
  • Date Issued: July 12, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,376,074
  • Patent Title: Simulation-based Focused-ultrasound Treatment Planning
  • Patent Owner: Insightec LTD
  • Date Issued: July 5, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,358,007
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound frequency and microbubble size optimization in microbubble-enhanced ultrasound treatment
  • Patent Owner: De Picciotto, Rafi; Grinfeld, Javier; Levy, Yoav
  • Date Issued: June 14, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,318,193
  • Patent Title: Immunogenic treatment of cancer
  • Patent Owner: Akle, Charles; Mudan, Satvinder; Grange, John
  • Date Issued: May 3, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,305,133
  • Patent Title: Efficient acoustic energy transfer through skull via excitation of Lamb waves
  • Patent Owner: Khuri-Yakub, Butrus T.; Firouzi, Kamyar
  • Date Issued: April 19, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,273,331
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for high intensity focused ultrasound
  • Patent Owner: Jang, Ji Hoon; Stedman, George Quintin; Rasmussen, Morten Fischer; Ergun, Arif Sanli; Khuri-Yakub, Butrus T.
  • Date Issued: March 15, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,260,249
  • Patent Title: System, apparatus and method for high intensity focused ultrasound and tissue healing activation
  • Patent Owner: Carol, Mark
  • Date Issued: March 1, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,259,784
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound imaging method and system
  • Patent Owner: Du, Yigang; Fan, Rui; Li, Yong
  • Date Issued: March 1, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,255,965
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for ultrasound beamforming using coherently compounded Fresnel focusing
  • Patent Owner: Brown, Jeremy; Samson, Christopher; Latham, Katherine
  • Date Issued: February 22, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11229810
  • Patent Title: Methods and systems for producing neuronal lesions using magnetic resonance and acoustic energy
  • Patent Owner: Kevin S. Lee, Edward H. Bertram, Max Wintermark
  • Date Issued: January 25, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,228,276
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound cleaning system for solar panels
  • Patent Owner: Elseddawy, Ahmed; Sindi, Hatem; Azzouz, Maher
  • Date Issued: January 18, 2022
  • Patent Number: 11,191,980
  • Patent Title: Automated magnetic resonance image segmentation for ultrasound thermal therapy control
  • Patent Owner: Falkovskiy, Pavel
  • Date Issued: December 7, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,156,686
  • Patent Title: Acoustic radiation force imaging
  • Patent Owner: Mougenot, Charles
  • Date Issued: October 26, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,134,846
  • Patent Title: Methods and systems for modifying electrical currents in neuronal circuits
  • Patent Owner: Yoo, Seung-Schik; Bystritsky, Alexander; McDannold, Nathan; Jolesz, Ferenc A.
  • Date Issued: October 5, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,116,405
  • Patent Title: High-intensity focused ultrasound for heating a target zone larger than the electronic focusing zone
  • Patent Owner: Partanen, Ari Ilkka Mikael; Dreher, Matthew Robert; Yarmolenko, Pavel Sergeyevich; Wood, Bradford Johns; Carvajal Gallardo, Elma Natalia
  • Date Issued: September 14, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,058,900
  • Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for treating a cervix with ultrasound energy
  • Patent Owner: Towe, Bruce C.; Garfield, Robert E.; Shi, Shao-Qing
  • Date Issued: July 13, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,052,267
  • Patent Title: Back pain treatment using microwave sources
  • Patent Owner: Diederich, Chris J.; Lotz, Jeffrey C.; Nau, Will; Bradford, David S.
  • Date Issued: July 6, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,020,617
  • Patent Title: Methods and systems for peripheral nerve modulation using non ablative focused ultrasound with electromyography (EMG) monitoring
  • Patent Owner: Konofagou; Elisa E., Downs; Matthew, Lee; Stephen, Kim; Min Gon, Kamimura; Hermes Arytto Salles
  • Date Issued: June 1, 2021
  • Patent Number: 11,013,938
  • Patent Title: Methods and systems for peripheral nerve modulation using non ablative focused ultrasound with electromyography (EMG) monitoring
  • Patent Owner: Konofagou; Elisa E., Downs; Matthew
  • Date Issued: May 25, 2021
  • Patent Number: 10,974,077
  • Patent Title: Low intensity focused ultrasound for treating cancer and metastasis
  • Patent Owner: Guha; Chandan, Barry; Stephen, Macian; Fernando
  • Date Issued: April 13, 2021
  • Patent Number: 10,959,768
  • Patent Title: Non-invasive methods for modifying tissue to facilitate treatment
  • Patent Owner: Slivka; Michael, et. al. (DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.)
  • Date Issued: March 30, 2021
  • Patent Number: 10,945,610
  • Patent Title: Devices and methods for fractionated photoacoustic flow cytometry
  • Patent Owner: Zharov; Vladimir Pavlovich (BioVentures, LLC)
  • Date Issued: March 16, 2021
  • Patent Number: 10,925,629
  • Patent Title: Transducer for therapeutic ultrasound apparatus and method
  • Patent Owner: Mitchell; Stuart B., et. al. (Novuson Surgical, Inc.)
  • Date Issued: February 23, 2021
  • Patent Number: 10,898,254
  • Patent Title: Implantable thermal treatment method and apparatus
  • Patent Owner: Diederich; Chris J, et. al. (The Regents of the University of California)
  • Date Issued: January 26, 2021
  • Patent Number: 10,856,847
  • Patent Title: Monolithic ultrasonic imaging devices, systems and methods
  • Patent Owner: Rothberg; Jonathan M, et. al. (Butterfly Network, Inc.)
  • Date Issued: December 8, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,751,125
  • Patent Title: Simulation-based focused-ultrasound treatment planning
  • Patent Owner: Levy; Yoav, et. al. (Insightec)
  • Date Issued: August 25, 2020
  • Patent Number: 210,736,603
  • Patent Title: Method and apparatus for treating valvular disease
  • Patent Owner: Messas; Emmanuel, et. al. (Cardiawave)
  • Date Issued: August 11, 2020
  • Patent Number: 310,722,137
  • Patent Title: Systems and methods for accelerated MR thermometry
  • Patent Owner: Fielden; Samuel, et. al. (University of Virginia Patent Foundation, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University)
  • Date Issued: July 28, 2020
  • Patent Number: 410,716,958
  • Patent Title: Method for operating a medical robot, a medical robot, and a medical workstation
  • Patent Owner: Neff; Thomas
  • Date Issued: July 21, 2020
  • Patent Number: 510,710,873
  • Patent Title: Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers and methods for forming the same
  • Patent Owner: Rothberg; Jonathan M., et. al. (Butterfly Network, Inc.)
  • Date Issued: July 14, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,603,520
  • Patent Title: Therapeutic treatment device
  • Patent Owner: Yon, Sylvain, et al. (Theraclion)
  • Date Issued: March 31, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,603,522
  • Patent Title: Method of treating back pain with microwave sources
  • Patent Owner: Diederich, Chris, et al. (University of California)
  • Date Issued: March 31, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,595,828
  • Patent Title: Probe, ultrasound imaging apparatus and controlling method of the ultrasound imaging apparatus.
  • Patent Owner: Liberman; Alexander, et al. (Samsung Electronics, University of California)
  • Date Issued: March 24, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,589,131
  • Patent Title: Methods of delivering chemical denervation to the vertebral body
  • Patent Owner: Diederich, Chris, et al. (University of California)
  • Date Issued: March 17, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,542,963
  • Patent Title: Ultrasound phantom for focused ultrasound, method for manufacturing the same, biomimetic hydrogel phantom, method for manufacturing the same, discoloring method and drug delivering method using the same
  • Patent Owner: Kim, Se Hwa, et al. (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KR))
  • Date Issued: January 28, 2020
  • Patent Number: 10,535,332
  • Patent Title: Confinement or movement of an object using focused ultrasound waves to generate an ultrasound intensity well
  • Patent Owner: Maxwell, Adam D., et al. (University of Washington)
  • Date Issued: January 14, 2020

List of Intellectual Property Lawyers

For companies seeking intellectual property advice, below is a curated a list of IP/regulatory lawyers with extensive experience in the medical device industry and the relevant contact information.

Cooley
Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole PC
  • Andrew M. Calderon, Head of Mechanical Engineering Group
  • IP strategy, litigation support, portfolio management, patent prosecution
  • 7918 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102
  • Contact: 703-677-3011 | acalderon@rcsc-ip.com
  • Andrew D. Wright, Shareholder
  • Litigation support, portfolio management, patent prosecution
  • 7918 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102
  • Contact: 703-677-3012 | awright@rcsc-ip.com
Covington & Burling
  • Melody Wu, Head of Patent Portfolio Counseling
  • IP strategy and litigation
  • One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-4956
  • Contact: 202-662-6000 | mwu@cov.com
  • Denise Esposito, Co-Head of Food, Drug and Device Practice
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  • One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-4956
  • Contact: 202-662-5562 | desposito@cov.com
Latham & Watkins
  • John R. Manthei, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice
  • FDA navigation
  • 555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1304
  • Contact: 202-637-2211 | john.manthei@lw.com
WilmerHale
Pillsbury
Woods Rogers PLC

*All lawyers listed above have experience in the medical device industry.