ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,690, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Emerge Now Inc. (Marina del Rey, Calif.).

"Transducer system and method" was invented by Sarah McQuaide (Marina del Rey, Calif.), Adam Elhadad (Marina del Rey, Calif.), James D. Hamilton (Marina del Rey, Calif.), Dragan Maric (Marina del Rey, Calif.), Carolyn Bianco (Marina del Rey, Calif.) and Leland J. Spangler (Marina del Rey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system can include one or more transducers, wherein a transducer can include a set of cantilevers and a set of support components. The system can optionally include a processing system and/or any other suitable components. In v...