US Patent Issued to Sanmai Technologies, PBC on Oct. 6 for "Methods to enhance the safety of transcranial ultrasound stimulation procedures" (California, Minnesota, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,133, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Sanmai Technologies, PBC (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Methods to enhance the safety of transcranial ultrasound stimulation procedures" was invented by Sarp Satir (Oakland, Calif.), Christopher Daft (Tucson, Ariz.), Quentin Owen Todd (Foster City, Calif.), Charles Frederick Cadieu (Burlingame, Calif.) and Tomokazu Sato (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for safety assessment before and during a transcranial ultrasound (TUS) procedure are described. A neuronavigation system is used to determine the probe's position and orientation. The probe's location and the subject's head M...