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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Michael Puleo, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Victoria Cotero, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Ying Fan, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Tzu-Jen Kao, Niskayuna, NY (US);

David Mills, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Jeffrey Ashe, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Sireesha Kaanumalle, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Kirk Dennis Wallace, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Kenneth Wayne Rigby, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Ileana Hancu, Clifton Park, NY (US);

James Rothman, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/40 (2013.01); A61B 5/407 (2013.01); A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61B 5/6825 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61N 1/36014 (2013.01); A61N 2/006 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause altered activity at a synapse between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell.


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