Ultrasound as Surgery Without the Knife

And today we're talking about a company that's trying to turn sound into a scalpel. Sonoblate uses focused ultrasound to treat issues without cutting into the body with some very impressive results for prostate cancer patients. And now it's betting that AI and precision medicine can take that technology far beyond just one disease. Richard Yang is the CEO of son of late, Richard. Welcome to NYC Wired. Thank you for having me. Thank you. So maybe help me understand this. Taking sound and using it from the perspective of precision medicine within a surgical environment. Help me understand, Richard. Give me the 101. So ultrasound, HIFU, called high-intensity focused ultrasound, is a sound wave using acoustic power, focused acoustic power, to treat the prostate disease, including prostate cancer and BPH. So it's like a magnifier under the sun and try to burn a small hole in the leaves. But this is not the sunlight. This is acoustic power ultrasound. So ultrasound used to be used for diagnosis. Now ultrasound is used for therapeutic treatment.