US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Dec. 2 for "Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,875, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Go Tanaka (Otawara, Japan), Kazuya Akaki (Utsunomiya, Japan), Eiji Goto (Utsunomiya, Japan), Koichiro Kurita (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Yu Igarashi (Utsunomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an ultrasonic probe, image generation circuitry, acquisition circuitry, calculation circuitry, guide image generation circuitry, and control circuitry. The ultrasonic probe transmits ultrasonic waves, and receives reflected waves....