ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,777, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Positioner system for ultrasound probe" was invented by Ross Stalter (Hartland, Wis.), Robert Andrew Meurer (Waukesha, Wis.), Adam Gregory Pautsch (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Sihem Lazizi (Cannes, France) and Lin Koop (Glendale, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a positioner system for use with an ultrasound probe to treat a subject via neuromodulation, and the techniques for using the same. In certain embodiments, the positioner system may include a receptacle for receiving the ultrasound probe, a pressure...