ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,895, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for a modified backing" was invented by Warren Lee (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Caitlin Theresa Strobel (New Castle, Pa.), Jaroslaw Kurzac (Waukesha, Wis.), James J. Van Bogart (Waukesha, Wis.), Yanju Wang (Waukesha, Wis.), Kwok Pong Chan (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Chi Tat Chiu (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Timothy J Fiorillo (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Jimmie A Beacham (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for a probe for a medical device. In one example, the probe includes an additively manufactured backing hav...