NanoVibronix files for US patent linked to UroShield device
Bill Oxford
- NanoVibronix (NASDAQ:NAOV) filed a provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) titled, 'Multiple Frequency Surface Acoustic Waves for Internal Medical Device, related to its UroShield device.
- The filing covers a recently developed enhancement to the UroShield product, UroShield "Ultra" which incorporates improvements to the original product.
- The next generation UroShield Ultra includes modified housing to improve catheter coupling and includes multiple actuators which work in sequence to discourage bacterial docking by delivering surface acoustic waves at multiple frequencies directly to indwelling catheters, the company noted.
- UroShield is a device used to cut the risk of catheter linked urinary tract infection.