ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,877, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ArcScan Inc. (Colo.).
"Ultrasound scanner eye piece" was invented by Tom Wilmering (Eldorado Springs, Colo.) and Johan E. Giphart (Superior, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to improvement of a precision ultrasound scanner for imaging the human eye and in particular to method for the manufacture and assembly of an eye piece suitable for use with an ultrasonic arc scanning device. The method disclosed herein describes an improved eye piece for ultrasound imaging that reduces saline leakage around its optically and acoustically transparent membrane and improve...