ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,886, issued on July 29, was assigned to BFLY OPERATIONS INC. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Ultrasound probe having three configurable buttons" was invented by Emily Jiang (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Dora Fang (Baltimore), Teresa Lopez (Plainville, Conn.), Josephine Lau (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Murad Omar (Secaucus, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe and a mobile device in operative communication with each other. The ultrasound probe includes three buttons-an up button, a center button, and a down button-disposed on the external housing. The mobile device may be configured to receive an indication from the...