ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,094, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
"System and method for facilitating shedding of tissue lining cells with ultrasound" was invented by Kirk D. Wallace (Glenville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system includes transmit circuitry configured to produce a push pulse electrical excitation signal and a transducer array configured to receive the push pulse electrical excitation signal and transmit a push pulse that produces acoustic and shear wave propagation in tissue of interest, where the push pulse is based on a pre-determined set of parameters stored in computer...