ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,262, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Novocure GmbH (Switzerland).

"Optimization of composite electrode" was invented by Yoram Wasserman (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for imposing electric fields through a target region a patient are described. An apparatus includes a transducer array having a first and second electrode element receiving an alternating current waveform and a sensor array having a first temperature sensor positioned to detect a first temperature of the first electrode element and a second temperature sensor positioned to detect a second temperature of the second electrode elem...