US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Aug. 26 for "Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic probe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,710, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic probe" was invented by Yuya Nagasaki (Nasushiobara, Japan), Yasuhisa Makita (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Masaaki Sudo (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an ultrasonic probe connected to an apparatus body, comprising a battery that supplies power to components of the ultrasonic probe and a cooler that cools inside the ultrasonic probe; and a drive controller that drives the cooler based on a remaining level of the...