ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,569, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cordance Medical Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Ultrasound transducer assembly" was invented by Bhaskar S. Ramamurthy (Los Altos, Calif.), Daniel E. Need (Mountain View, Calif.), John D. Marshall (Los Gatos, Calif.), Jonathan B. Hofius (La Honda, Calif.) and Mallika S. Keralapura (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound transducer assembly is connectable to an ultrasound system and comprises one or more ultrasound transducer elements supported by a cap. The ultrasound transducer elements are operable to direct ultrasound energy toward brain tissue of a subject and/or to rece...