ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,053, issued on April 7, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Patient-specific neuromodulation alignment structures" was invented by David Andrew Shoudy (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Craig Patrick Galligan (Averill Park, N.Y.), Weston Blaine Griffin (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Jeffrey Michael Ashe (Gloverville, N.Y.), Warren Lee (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and James Enrico Sabatini (Scotia, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present discussion relates to structures and devices to facilitate application of an ultrasound therapy beam to a target anatomic region in a replicable manner. In certain aspects, adjustable positioning structur...