ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,991, issued on June 17, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Wearable transcranial dual-mode ultrasound transducers for neuromodulation" was invented by Emad S. Ebbini (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound transducer array is incorporated in a light-weight, conformable, and wearable patch that may be used to deliver, monitor, and control localized transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS). The patch may include full-duplex transmit-receive circuitry that may be used for continuous monitoring of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) application. The circuitry may include a circulato...