ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,586, issued on April 15, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).
"Test device, test system, ultrasonic diagnostic device, acoustic coupling material device, and storage medium" was invented by Yasuhisa Makita (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Yoichi Ogasawara (Nasushiobara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a waveform of a reflected wave that is obtained by reflection of an ultrasonic wave, which has been transmitted from an ultrasonic probe and has passed through an acoustic coupling material in close contac...