US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Dec. 30 for "Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and probe inspection apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,643, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and probe inspection apparatus" was invented by Yoichi Ogasawara (Nasushiobara, Japan), Yutaka Kobayashi (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Minori Ohashi (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe and a a main body. The ultrasonic probe includes at least a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in an array and an ultrasonic lens. The main body inspects the ultrasonic probe by using a reflected signal from an interface between the ultr...