US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Nov. 18 for "Accelerating cutaneous healing utilizing non-invasive focused ultrasound" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,387, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Accelerating cutaneous healing utilizing non-invasive focused ultrasound" was invented by Christine A. Morton (Mechanicville, N.Y.), Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Jeffrey Michael Ashe (Gloversville, N.Y.) and Victoria Eugenia Cotero (Troy, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present approaches are generally directed to facilitating healing of wounds, including chronic wounds typically associated with slow heal times or which are persistent. In one embodiment, a method of promoting wound healing comprises positioning an ultrasound...