ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,304, issued on July 28, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Neuromodulation energy application techniques" was invented by Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Yang Zhao (Schenectady, N.Y.), Kirk Dennis Wallace (Schenectady, N.Y.), Ying Fan (Schenectady, N.Y.), Jeffrey Michael Ashe (Gloversville, N.Y.) and David Andrew Shoudy (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for facilitating personalized neuromodulation treatment protocols. In one embodiment, a predetermined treatment position of an energy application device is used to guide f...