ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,262, issued on March 31, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).
"Neuromodulation techniques" was invented by Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Victoria Eugenia Cotero (Troy, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue (e.g., an organ) that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause altered activity at a synapse between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell. In one embodiment, the energy is applied to cause competing or opposing effects for bi-directional control of physi...