ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,468, issued on Nov. 11.
"Ultrasonic probe for intraoral soft tissue imaging" was invented by Jean-Marc Inglese (Bussy-Saint-Georges, France), Dominique Biava (Croissy-Beaubourg, France), Jean-Rene Jacquet (Croissy-Beaubourg, France), Victor C. Wong (Pittsford, N.Y.), Jean-Marc Gregoire (Mettray, France), Franck Levassort (Saint-Avertin, France) and Frederic Ossant (Tours, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary ultrasound probe method and/or apparatus embodiments are described, which can be used for 2D and/or 3D imaging soft tissue in an intra oral cavity."
The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2018, under Application No....