ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,824, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to APPAREILS POUR KINES SPORTS ET ESTHETIQUE (Perols, France).

"Perineal probe" was invented by Georges Robert Billard (Perols, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perineal probe (10) having a probe body which includes electronic members (110, 111, 112) configured to interact with perineal muscles of the patient. The probe body has a cylindrical portion (12) configured to be positioned at the opening of the body cavity of a patient, and a flared portion (13) which extends from one end (121) of the cylindrical portion (12). The flared portion (13) extends widening from the cylindrical portion (...