ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,383, issued on July 29, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Albany Medical College (Albany, N.Y.).
"Neuromodulation to treat physiological conditions" was invented by Christopher Michael Puleo (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Victoria Eugenia Cotero (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Tzu-Jen Kao (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Jeffrey Michael Ashe (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Damian Seyung-Ho Shin (Albany, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for applying focused ultrasound energy to a region of interest in a subject to induce neuromodulation of the celiac plexus to treat inflammator...