US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on July 7 for "Articulated ultrasound imaging probe for an image-guided burr hole neurosurgery procedure" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,849, issued on July 7, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Articulated ultrasound imaging probe for an image-guided burr hole neurosurgery procedure" was invented by Christopher Beers (State College, Pa.), Melanie Ann Keim (Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa.) and Fredrik Gran (Limhamn, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side-fire ultrasound imaging probe is configured for an image-guided neurosurgery procedure through a burr hole in a skull of a patient. The side-fire ultrasound imaging probe includes an elongated shaft with a first end region, a second opposing end region, a long axis, at least a first rigid tr...