US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Dec. 30 for "Methods and systems for ultrasound-assisted endoscopy" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,985, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for ultrasound-assisted endoscopy" was invented by Edouard Da Cruz (Alpes-Maritimes, France) and Giandonato Stallone (Alpes-Maritimes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for ultrasound-assisted endoscopy. An ultrasound-assisted endoscopy system may include a selectively positioned bracket with an opening for receiving an endoscope and an array of transducer elements of an ultrasound probe that are aligned with a longitudinal axis of the endoscope. The ultrasound probe may be coupled to...